Star Quality

United Kingdom, 1987

Film
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Episode of Series “Star Quality : The Stories of Noel Coward”.
At first a young writer, whose new play is being staged, thinks that the production will be plain sailing, but soon he’s convinced that he and his play are doomed, when the star quality of the leading lady and the director come into conflict. Screenplay by Stanley Price, based on the original by Noel Coward. Starring: Susannah York, Ian Richardson and David Yellan.

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Credits

director

Alan Dosser

producer

Alan Shallcross

production company

BBC-TV

Quintet Films

Duration

01:18:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1987

Appears in

Star Quality : The Stories of Noel Coward

Group of items

Star Quality : The Stories of Noel Coward

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300331

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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