And No Birds Sing

Summary

BBC Television production of the light comedy And No Birds Sing.

Theatre play

And No Birds Sing by Jenny [Jeannie?] Laird and John Fernald [more information]

Play synopsis

A light comedy set in Dr Elizabeth Payling’s house in London, a year or two after the Second World War. The Radio Times (2 May 1958, p. 23) describes her as having ‘advanced theories about the minds and bodies of her slum patients’.

Production history

Performed at the Aldwych Theatre in 1946 and published in 1947.

Date of transmission

Saturday 10 May 1958

Time

9.00pm (90 mins)

Series

Saturday Playhouse

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Campbell Logan

Playwright

John Fernald

Playwright

Jenny [Jeannie?] Laird

Cast

Tony Britton	George Shilling
Pat English	Maud Twigge
Barbara Everest	Mrs Emily Heron
Harold Goodwin	Albert Briggs
Owen Holder	The Rev. Arthur Platt
John MacKenzie	Kenneth Tweedie
Carol Marsh	Pauline Banks
George Merrity	Dr William Sykes
Betty Romaine	A Policewoman
Frances Rowe	Dr Elizabeth Payling
Michael Ward	Howard Twigge
Jane White	Susan Catch

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

class issues / differences; comedy; medical drama

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 2 May 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 23