Clive of India (TV play)

Clive of India
Genre	biopic
Written by	R.J. Minney W.P. Lipscomb
Teleplay by	W.P. Lipscomb
Directed by	George More O'Ferrall
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Running time	60 mins
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	23 February 1938 (1938-02-23)

Clive of India is a 1938 British television play by W.P. Lipscomb about Robert Clive. ^[1]

It was based on the stage play by Minney and Lipscomb which in turn was based on Minney's biography. The stage play had been adapted by W.P. Lipscomb into a 1935 film. Lipscomb adapted the script specifically for television. He added several scenes not featured in the play or film version. He also adjusted scenes to enable filming in the Alexandra Place Studios. ^[2] It also included a complicated montage sequence. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

According to Burton Graham the play:

Broke new ground. Lipscomb took the play, which had run success¬ fully on the West End, and the film version, and added scenes and dialogue. Then he used camera controls which enabled him to use slow, medium and fast panning shots. He also used a montage sequence, in which six cameras were used — three of them on ‘live’ action, two scanning films and the other on the caption board. ^[6]

The lead actors, Colin Keith-Johnston and Gillian Lind, had appeared in a production of the stage play in 1933. ^[7]

Cast

• Colin Keith-Johnston as Clive
• Gillian Lind as Margaret Maskelyne

References

1. "TV guide". The Daily Telegraph. 19 February 1938. p. 17.
2. "A scenario writer speaks". Radio Times. 11 February 1938. p. 18.
3. Norden, Denis (1985). Coming to you live! : behind-the-screen memories of forties and fifties television. Methuen. p. 58-59.
4. Cooke, Lez (2003). British television drama : a history. BFI Pub. p. 12.
5. Jacobs, Jason (2000). The intimate screen : early British television drama. Oxford University Press. p. 49-57.
6. Graham, Burton (1974). A do you remember book, television. Marshall Cavendish. p. 26.
7. "Repertory at Windsor". The Observer. 8 October 1933. p. 15.

External links

• Clive of India at IMDb