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  • Comment: Contains some verbatim material from [1] AntientNestor (talk) 11:25, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: @Matthew John Drummond, could you please fix the link to the British Newspaper Archive? Currently it does not link to a specific article, just a search, so I cannot verify the claims made here. Toadspike [Talk] 23:25, 9 October 2024 (UTC)


Candida
GenreComedy, Drama
Created byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Based onCandida
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Directed byNaomi Capon
Starring
Theme music composerJohn Hotchkis
ComposerJohn Hotchkis
Country of originEngland
Production
ProducerNaomi Capon
Production locationEngland
Running time90 Minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Television
Release29 December 1961 (1961-12-29)

Candida is a 1961 TV play starring Wendy Craig, Patrick, Peter McEnery, Peter Sallis, Rosamund Greenwood, Michael Brennan. The TV play/TV movie is based of George Bernard Shaw's play of the same name.[1] It was made by the BBC, produced in black and white and screened on 29 December 1961.[2][3]

Plot

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A women named Candida is a sensible wife who is married to a clergyman named Reverend James Mavor Morrell who works at the Church of England. However Reverend James Mavor Morrell starts to take his wife Candida for granted, but Candida has a young admirer named Eugene Marchbanks who doesn't. Eugene Marchbanks who is a young poet wants to rescue Candida.

Cast

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Reception

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Candida was in fact Wendy Craig's first main lead acting role on television where she had played the main character. The very next week just after Candida had been released the BBC would then release Z-Cars which had brought a new kitchen-sink realism to TV drama. That same week the BBC also released the series Steptoe and Son as well.[4] Candida was broadcast only once on 29 December 1961 on BBC Television at 9:25 pm and it was never shown again due to the BBC's lack a major rebroadcasting rights.[5][6] The movie is available to watch at the British Film Institute and on TV Brain.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Candida play by shaw". britannica.com.
  2. ^ "Candida (1961)" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Manchester Evening News 29 December 1961". newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Sunday Post: Wendy Craig". bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Candida (1961)". bufvc.ac.uk.
  6. ^ "Toledo Blade". books.google.com.
  7. ^ "Candida". tvbrain.info.
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