Davy Jones’s Dinner

Summary

A BBC production of the Welsh comedy Davy Jones’s Dinner by the Llyn Safaddan Players, with whom the playwright T. C. Thomas won the 1955 British Drama League One-Act Play competition for best original play and best performance. In December 1955 his other prize-winning play Davy Jones’s Locker was also transmitted.

Theatre play

Davy Jones’s Dinner by T. C. Thomas [more information]

Play synopsis

A Welsh comedy involving ‘a lovable old scamp of a railway signal-man in his out-of-the-way signal box somewhere in rural Wales’ (Radio Times, 2 December 1955, p. 27).

Production history

'This play, which was performed recently in the British Drama League One-Act Play competition, won the prize for the best original play and also for the best performance’ (Radio Times, 9 September 1955, p. 26).

Date of transmission

Tuesday 13 September 1955

Time

9.30pm (30 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Theatre company

Llyn Safaddan Players, Breconshire

Credits

Producer

David J. Thomas

Playwright

T. C. Thomas

Cast

Claude Elliott	Potter
Gerald James	Pryce Powell
Brinley Jenkins	Prosser, the Policeman
Keri Jones	Morgan, the Keeper
Steve Roderick	Fred, the Lamps
Dilys Samuel	Liza Hargest
Jack Walters	Davy Jones

Additional details

Play tags

comedy; Welsh drama

Print sources

Title

La Vie Parisienne (Magazine review)

Author/creator

Philip Hope-Wallace (Reviewer)

Reference

The Listener, 22 September 1955, pp. 480-81

Linking notes

with b&w image of a scene from the production

Title

Radio Times, 2 December 1955 (Magazine)

Linking notes

mentioned in article on p. 27

Title

Radio Times, 9 September 1955 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 26

Title

Welsh TV Reflects National Gift for Drama: Memorable Plays and Outside Broadcasts (Newspaper article)

Reference

The Manchester Guardian, 6 August 1957, p. 2

Linking notes

mentions the Llyn Safaddan Players’ work for Welsh television