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Musical Playhouse
GenreDrama, Musical
Starring
ComposerIvor Novello
Country of originEngland
No. of series1
No. of episodes5 (3 missing)
Production
ProducersGraeme Muir, Francis Essex, Dennis Main Wilson
EditorPam Bosworth
Running time75 minutes
Production companyBBC Television
Original release
NetworkBBC Television
Release11 February 1959 (1959-02-11) –
20 March 1960 (1960-03-20)

Musical Playhouse is a 1959–1960 TV Series that featured television stories as musicals or musical plays.

Plot

The television series features original musicals and musical plays based of a book or a play.

Episodes

Out of the 5 episodes made for the show only 2 of them have survived.[1]

# Title Original airdate
1"The Dancing Years"
2"A Sparrow in Fleet Street"
3"Carissima"
4"Perchance to Dream"
5"Parasol"

Production

The 5 episodes produced for the series were ether based of a book or a play. The episodes were written by Charlie Chester, Maurice Harrison, Eric Maschwitz, Sidney Nelson, Ivor Novello, Armin Robinson, Arthur Schnitzler and Alfred Shaughnessy.

References

  1. ^ "Musical Playhouse (1959-1960)". tvbrain.info.