Theatre Royal (1955 TV series) explained
See also: Theatre Royal (Australian TV series). Theatre Royal, aka Lilli Palmer Theatre is an Anglo/American half-hour television anthology series hosted by Lilli Palmer.[1] It was the first ITV play series; and was first transmitted on 25 September 1955, with the televised Dickens episode, Bardell v Pickwick.[2] Thirty-four episodes aired in the UK on ATV London in 1955–56.[3] Fourteen episodes aired in the US from 1955–56.
Notable guest stars included Maggie Smith, Wendy Hiller, Stephen Boyd, Marius Goring, Michael Gough and Wilfrid Hyde-White.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Bardell V. Pickwick (1955). https://web.archive.org/web/20190731221651/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f5a59cc. dead. 31 July 2019. BFI.
- Web site: The Armchair Theatre Effect. Laurence Marcus (February 2007) Reference Sources: The Armchair Theatre (published 1959), The Guinness Book of TV Facts and Feats, The Television Barons by Jack Tinker, ITV: The People's Channel by Simon Cherry, The Television Annual. for 1959. Television Heaven.
- Web site: BFI Screenonline: Armchair Theatre (1956-74). www.screenonline.org.uk.
- Web site: Death under a City (1956). https://web.archive.org/web/20170302190303/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8917f01f. dead. 2 March 2017. BFI.
- Web site: The Game and the Onlooker (1955). https://web.archive.org/web/20190731223347/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7fc1b929. dead. 31 July 2019. BFI.
- Web site: The Stolen Pearl (1956). https://web.archive.org/web/20190731223358/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7fdb6000. dead. 31 July 2019. BFI.
- Web site: Just off Piccadilly (1956). https://web.archive.org/web/20190731223358/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8917de61. dead. 31 July 2019. BFI.
- Web site: The Little Black Book (1955). https://web.archive.org/web/20190731223409/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f9c214d. dead. 31 July 2019. BFI.
