The Return of Peggy Atherton

Summary

1960 BBC production of The Return of Peggy Atherton by Malcolm Stewart.

Theatre play

The Return of Peggy Atherton by Malcolm Stewart [more information]

Play synopsis

A story of blackmail and suspense, set in a small countryside hotel in 1946 and concerning the mysterious past of Miss Amesbury.

Production history

Produced in Altrincham in 1950 (see http://www.clubtheatre.org.uk/1921%20to%201953.html), but possibly elsewhere earlier.

Date of transmission

Saturday 27 February 1960

Time

8.40-10.00pm

Series

Saturday Playhouse

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Alan Bromly

Playwright

Malcolm Stewart

Designer

Charles Carroll

Cast

Angela Baddeley	Miss Amesbury
John Breslin	Geoffrey Delamere
John Carson	Hubert Drew
Angela Comerford	Maid
Joan Hickson	Mrs Hickory
George Howe	The Rev. Henry Dodsworth
Geoffrey Keen	Challiss
Armine Sandford	Mary Drew
Tony Sympson	Albert

Additional details

Play tags

blackmail

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 19 February 1960 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated listing on p. 23