The Admirable Crichton (1968 film)

1968 American TV series or program

The Admirable Crichton
Based on	The Admirable Crichton by J.M. Barrie
Written by	Robert Hartung
Directed by	George Schaefer
Starring	Bill Travers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	George Schaefer
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	May 2, 1968 (1968-05-02)

The Admirable Crichton is a 1968 TV movie adaptation of the 1902 play The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie. It stars Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna.

It was filmed for Hallmark Hall of Fame and was directed by George Schaefer.

Cast

Bill Travers as Crichton
Virginia McKenna as Lady Mary
Janet Munro as Tweeny
Norman Barrs as The Officer
Pamela Brown as Lady Brocklehurst
Edward Cicciarelli as Treherne
Richard Easton as Ernest Woolley
Christina Gillespie as Fisher
Estelle Kohler as Lady Agatha
Laurence Naismith as Lord Loam
Carrie Nye as Lady Catherine
Ralph Purdom as Lord Brocklehurst

Production

The show was taped in New York over a month in February and March 1968. McKenna said the play was "a comment on our society, how our social code of behaviour imprisons people and stops them from being natural."

Reception

The Chicago Tribune called it "absorbing, humorous entertainment". The New York Times felt it was a "lacklustre production" which suffered from trimming the first act and where Travers "was simply miscast".

Bill Travers was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Performance by an Actor.

References

"Bill travers takes special look at lions". Los Angeles Times. Jul 19, 1968. ProQuest 156000358.
Kramer, C. (Mar 5, 1968). "TV today: Miss McKenna talks about role in barrie play". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest 175686175.
Cross, R. (May 3, 1968). "TV today: Show tells how collectors make---or lose---money". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest 175783130.
Gent, George (May 3, 1968). "TV: N.B.C. Presents Barrie's 'Admirable Crichton': Play Is Produced by George Schaefer 90-Minute Adaptation Suffers From Trims". The New York Times. p. 95. ProQuest 118193146.
"21st Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
Buck, J. (May 6, 1969). "283 emmy nominations made". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest 168895944.

External links

The Admirable Crichton at IMDb

v t e J. M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton
Film adaptations	The Admirable Crichton (1918) Male and Female (1919) Charlemagne (1933) We're Not Dressing (1934) The Admirable Crichton (1957)
TV adaptations	The Admirable Crichton (1950) The Admirable Crichton (1968)
Musical adaptations	Our Man Crichton (1964)

v t e Films directed by George Schaefer
King Richard II (1954) Macbeth (1954) Cradle Song (1956) Little Moon of Alban (1958) Meet Me in St. Louis (1959) Berkeley Square (1959) A Doll's House (1959) Macbeth (1960) The Tempest (1960) Cradle Song (1960) Give Us Barabbas! (1961) Time Remembered (1961) Victoria Regina (1961) Arsenic & Old Lace (1962) The Magnificent Yankee (1965) Inherit the Wind (1965) Barefoot in Athens (1966) Saint Joan (1967) The Admirable Crichton (1968) Elizabeth the Queen (1968) Pendulum (1969) The File on Devlin (1969) Generation (1969) Doctors' Wives (1971) F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974) Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974) Amelia Earhart (1976) An Enemy of the People (1978) First, You Cry (1978) Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979) The Bunker (1981) The People vs. Jean Harris (1981) A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982) Right of Way (1983) Stone Pillow (1985) Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986) Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988) The Man Upstairs (1992) Harvey (1996)

Films directed by George Schaefer

King Richard II (1954)
Macbeth (1954)
Cradle Song (1956)
Little Moon of Alban (1958)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1959)
Berkeley Square (1959)
A Doll's House (1959)
Macbeth (1960)
The Tempest (1960)
Cradle Song (1960)
Give Us Barabbas! (1961)
Time Remembered (1961)
Victoria Regina (1961)
Arsenic & Old Lace (1962)
The Magnificent Yankee (1965)
Inherit the Wind (1965)
Barefoot in Athens (1966)
Saint Joan (1967)
The Admirable Crichton (1968)
Elizabeth the Queen (1968)
Pendulum (1969)
The File on Devlin (1969)
Generation (1969)
Doctors' Wives (1971)
F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974)
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
Amelia Earhart (1976)
An Enemy of the People (1978)
First, You Cry (1978)
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979)
The Bunker (1981)
The People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)
Right of Way (1983)
Stone Pillow (1985)
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988)
The Man Upstairs (1992)
Harvey (1996)

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