London Playhouse (1955)
An early series of individual plays that ran on ITV from 1955-1956
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A drama by Tad Mosel, adapted by Cyril Butcher. The house in which Barbara and Kenneth live may look no different from its neighbour from the outside, but behind the windows the two face a personal and poignant problem.
A drama by James Doran Two detectives call at a lonely farmhouse to investigate the death of the owner. Marooned by floods, they become the guests of the widow. One finds love, the other finds murder. Directed by Peter Graham Scott, produced by Peter Cotes
Al was "average" - so much so that he won a competition as the most average man in the United States. Then he discovered that glorification brings its troubles.
In a quiet house in a sunlit Normandy village, old Gabriel had one prized possession - a painting of his dead son, Pierre. When a Nazi sergeant destroys this painting, he starts a chain of events that leads to his own destruction.
Adapted from Henry James's story, The Aspern Papers. A young writer is searching for new material for his biography of a famous poet. He believes that a mysterious old recluse once knew the poet, and still has poems and letters yet unpublished. So he goes to visit her in Venice at the old palace that stands in a garden in the sea.
By Roger Hirson. At the end of any war, the men who have been turned into soldiers come home bringing back all sorts of personal souvenirs - a captured revolver, perhaps, or a piece of shrapnel that just missed its target. For Richard Chalmers the souvenir is less tangible, more unpleasant, a bitter memory of treachery during a secret mission in Occupied France.
by Hurford Janes. Adapted by Peter Cotes and Barry Baker. "Lady Must Sell" - when we see those words in a newspaper advertisement we are liable to wonder what story lies behind them. The article which is for sale this time is a mink coat, and comedy is the keynote of the story.
Jimmy Day - a professional boxer - is tempted by his crooked brother-in-law to "throw" a fight. We learn how Jimmy and his family cope with the trouble that ensues.
by Reuben Ship "People", said Homer Botts "become so Christmasy on Christmas Day". He had found that this was the one day of the year when people were nice to him and to each other. "Why then", he said, "can't we have a law that says every day is Christmas Day".
by Tad Mosel Adapted by Kenneth Hurren. Adeline Girard was a star, indeed she is one still, for just as the stars of heaven burn brightest before their extinction, so she keeps her light blazing even in the drab surroundings to which the years have brought her.
by Jan de Kordt and Mark Lowell Two original television plays: Yesterday's Mail and No Other Wine are two separate plays presenting variations on a single theme - the drama that arises when the past suddenly returns into a woman's life.
by Donald Bull Two original television plays: Yesterday's Mail and No Other Wine are two separate plays presenting variations on a single theme - the drama that arises when the past suddenly returns into a woman's life.
A new play by Gwenyth Jones Adapted by Patrick Campbell. No more respected or respectable bookmaker could be found anywhere than Sam Bowler - Sam who has just crowned a lifetime of public service by raising the money for a new children's home. But some little facts in Sam's private life have been overlooked. Unfortunately it is not in the nature of the implacable Lady Battleby to overlook anything... and Lady B holds the purse-strings.
A Television play by Margot Bennett Editor: "... We need novelty. Something as good as 'The Average Bride,' as good as marriage itself." Reporter: "DIVORCE!!! The story from the first big row right through to the tear-stained suitcase. Why - it will run for months."
by Sumner Locke Elliot Ruth longed to see her name in lights, Olivia wanted a husband, but London remodelled the lives of each and put both girls on the road to success.
by Ronald Kinnoch Adapted for Television by Donald Bull Margaret, in her widowed sixties, has a genius for losing friends and exasperating people. This play shows the comedy and drama that follows when she moves into the hard-pressed household of her son David.
by John Beaumont The ruthlessness of the "Big Business Man" pitted against the guile and experience of the countryman is the theme of this delightful West Country comedy.
by Maurice Edelman. In the cast are James Donald, Yvonne Mitchell, Dennis Price, Eddie Byrne and John Loder.
starring Donald Wolfit with Lawrence Payne, Betty McDowall "How did Bee Sun die?" Of all the strange stories handed down from China's past, this is probably the most extraordinary. A man has been murdered: but even when we learn by whom, the question remains: "How did Bee Sun die?" By ingenious and horrifying means, Judge Dee obtains the answer.
An early series of individual plays that ran on ITV from 1955-1956
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