by Giles Playfair.
A modern version of Goldsmith's 'She Stoops to Conquer'.
Cast, in order of appearance and Newton Blick, Lionel Dixon, Barbara Nixon, Christopher Steele
(This programme will be repeated on Monday, April 24)

Goldsmith's original version was televised at the end of last month, and this evening you will see how well the farcical plot can be modernised. Except that Celia Johnson instead of Marjorie Lane will play Kate Hardcastle, the cast will be the same, making a comparison of the two versions particularly interesting.
Despite the introduction of telephones, cars, and cocktails, 'the mistakes of a night' remain basically the same as they were in their eighteenth-century setting.
Although this modern script was written specially for television by Giles Playfair, a synopsis of it was prepared by his father, Sir Nigel Playfair, for a film (which, however, was never made).
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