Before Your Very Eyes [23/03/1956]

Synopsis
Television comedy show hosted by Arthur Askey. This edition includes a running gag where Askey wants to prove himself a serious actor and quotes the ‘quality of mercy’ speech from The Merchant of Venice (IV i). Sabrina also appears on the show.
Series
Before Your Very Eyes
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Transmission details
23 May 1956 at 20:30 (Channel: ITV)
Duration
27 mins

Credits

Director
Kenneth Carter
Writer
Kavanagh Productions
Music
Steve Race
Production Design
Frank Gillman
Cast
Arthur Askey 

Additional Details

Production type
Sitcoms/Variety
Plays
Merchant of Venice, The
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General
`I felt I wanted to give the show a gimmick of some sort. So I hit on the idea of having a dumb blonde around the set’. [from Askey’s autobiography Before Your Very Eyes]. The show made a celebrity of the fifties pin-up girl, Sabrina.

Production Company

Name

Jack Hylton Production

Sponsor

Name

Associated-Rediffusion

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web
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Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7436 0165
Address
21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Before Your Very Eyes [23/03/1956]". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71091 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)