A Phoenix Too Frequent (television)

A Phoenix Too Frequent is a stage play by Christopher Fry.

It has been adapted for television at least 10 times. A possible 11th version may have aired as part of British series ITV Television Playhouse in 1959, but this is not confirmed.

A version aired in 1946 on the BBC. Cast included Hermione Hannen, Eleanor Summerfield and Alan Wheatley. Broadcast live, this transmission was not recorded, and as such the broadcast is lost.

A version aired in 1951 as part of British television series BBC Sunday-Night Theatre. Cast included Jessie Evans, Diana Graves and John Justin. This version aired live, and the live transmission was not recorded.

A version aired in 1955, again on the BBC. Cast included George Cole, Jessie Evans and Noelle Middleton. This version aired live, and a telerecording still exists of the program.

A version aired 1955 on West German television. Cast included Sigrid Marquardt, Käte Jaenicke and Günther König.

A version aired in 1956 on Danish television.

A version aired in 1957 on Australian television, on the ABC. Produced by Paul O'Loughlin, it aired live in Sydney on 24 July 1957. A telerecording (kinescope) was made of the broadcast and later shown in Melbourne on 11 September 1957. Cast included Dinah Shearing, James Condon and Audrey Teesdale. Archival status of this version is not known.

A version aired in 1959 on Swiss television. Cast included Ingeborg Luescher, Beatrice Schweizer and Wolfgang Schwarz.

Per IMDb, a version aired 1960 on Finnish television.

A version aired in 1963 on West German television. Cast included Dinah Hinz, Charles Brauer and Angelika Hurwicz.

A version aired in 1966 on Austrian television. Cast included Christiane Hörbiger, Carla Hagen and Walter Reyer.

The ABC produced a version in Melbourne in the same year, airing on 6 July 1966. The play starred Sean Scully, Lynette Curran, and Fay Kelton, and was produced by Oscar Whitbread.

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