The Roses of Eyam

Summary

1973 BBC production of The Roses of Eyam by Don Taylor. The production was preceded by the programme ‘This Story is True: An Investigation by Don Taylor’ transmitted at 7.35-8.00pm the day before: it took a look at the present-day Derbyshire village of Eyam.

Theatre play

The Roses of Eyam by Don Taylor (1936-2003) [more information]

Play synopsis

A historical drama set in the 17th century in which plague comes to the Derbyshire village of Eyam via a box of clothes sent from London.

Production history

Published in 1970, The Roses of Eyam had its world premiere at The Northcott Theatre in Exeter, Devon on 23 September 1970. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roses_of_Eyam.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 12 June 1973

Time

9.00-11.05pm

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Don Taylor (1936-2003)

Producer

David Rose

Playwright

Don Taylor (1936-2003)

Composer

Herbert Chappell

Conductor

Herbert Chappell (conducted the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble)

Designer

Michael Edwards

Costumes

Joyce Hawkins

Make-up

Jan Nethercott

Cast

Paul Arlington	Edward Cooper
Pat Becket	Elizabeth Thornley
Hazel Clyne	Emmot Sydall
Brian Coburn	Marshall Howe
William David	Jon Cooper
Karin Dominic	Anne Frith
Jacquie Dubin	Elizabeth Hancock
Brenda Duncan	Edytha Torre
Anne Dyson	Mrs Cooper
Rosalyn Elvin	Frances Torre
Margot Field	Frances Frith
John Garrie	Unwin
Joe Gladwin	Merril
Ruth Goring	Mrs Bradshaw
Robert Hamilton	Francis Frith
Ernest Jennings	Humphrey Torre
Caroline John	Catherine Mompesson
Pat Keen	Mrs Sydall
Annette Kerr	Mrs Hancock
Jack Le White	John Hancock
Robert Lindsay	Francis Thornley
Marion Lines	Mary Thornley
John Malcolm	Colonel Bradshaw
Derek Martin	William Thornley
Seymour Matthews	Rowland Torre
Maureen Morris	Elizabeth Swanne
Robin Parkinson	George Vicars
Valerie Phillips	Ellen Sydall
Raymond Platt	The Bedlam
Mike Pratt	Edward Thornley
Diana Rayworth	Mary Frith
Paul Rosebury	Thomas Torre
Anne Rosenfeld	Alice Hancock
Ivor Salter	Richard Sydall
Hilary Sesta	Elizabeth Frith
Morgan Sheppard	William Hancock
Walter Sparrow	William Torre
Will Stampe	George Frith
Tony Sympson	Isaac Thornley
Wendy Wax	Sarah Sydall
Stephen Whittaker	Scythe Torre
Malya Woolf	Lydia Chapman

Additional details

Play tags

17th-century setting; Derbyshire, as theme or setting; historical drama; plague

Audiovisual sources

Title

The Roses of Eyam (BBC, 1973)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 7 June 1973 (Magazine)

Linking notes

articles, pp. 3, 5 and 56; listing, p. 35 (see also p. 27 for associated documentary)