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The Admirable Crichton (1968 film)

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

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." It was Janet Munro's third television performance in America after Berkeley Square and Time Remembered.

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.

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