The Return of Peggy Atherton

Summary

1953 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

Sunday 20 September 1953

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Leonard Brett

Playwright

Malcolm Stewart

Sets / Settings

Richard R. Greenough

Cast

Frank Atkinson	Albert
Robert Brown	Hubert Drew
Isabel Dean	Mary Drew
David Evans	Geoffrey Delamere
Irene Handl (1901-1987)	Mrs Hickory
Raymond Huntley	Challiss
James Thomason	Rev. Henry Dodsworth
Anne West	Maid
Gladys Young	Miss Amesbury

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

blackmail

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 18 September 1953 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 14