Gaslight

Summary

1960 Anglia Television production of Patrick Hamilton’s thriller Gaslight, networked by Associated-Rediffusion for ITV.

Theatre play

Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962) [more information]

Play synopsis

This thriller depicts the odd happenings in the living-room of the Manninghams’ house in an unfashionable quarter of London on one evening in the nineteenth century. Mr Manningham is attempting to drive his wife insane by invoking the events of a jewel robbery 20 years earlier.

Production history

First produced at the Apollo Theatre from 31 January 1939, this play has been turned into a film on at least two occasions (with an American version named Murder in Thornton Square).

Date of transmission

Tuesday 20 September 1960

Time

9.35-11.05pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Anglia Television (1959-)

Credits

Director

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Playwright

Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962)

Designer

Reece Pemberton

Cast

Louis Jourdan	Mr Manningham
Margaret Leighton	Mrs Manningham
Molly Urquhart	Elizabeth
Joanna Vogel	Nancy
Lockwood West	Rough

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; crime; thriller

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 16 September 1960 (Magazine)

Linking notes

cover image; article, pp. 14-15; listing, p. 29