A Boy Next Door

Summary

1960 Granada Television production for ITV of A Boy Next Door by Elizabeth Baker.

Theatre play

A Boy Next Door by Elizabeth Baker (1876-1962) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy set in 1920. ‘What should a mother and father do when their young daughter falls in love with the attractive but penniless young man who lives next door?' (TV Times, 23 December 1960, p. 33).

Date of transmission

Thursday 29 December 1960

Series

Television Playhouse

Channel

ITV

Production company

Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director

Robert Tronson

Producer

Warren Jenkins

Playwright

Elizabeth Baker (1876-1962)

Adapted for Television by

Gerald Savory (1909-1996)

Designer

Peter Phillips

Cast

Barbara Ashcroft	Emma
Sylvia Davies	Florence
Anthony Dawes	Captain Torrent
Maudie Edwards	Mrs Archibald
Ronald Hines	Will Munt
Sylvia Kay	Dorothy
Garfield Morgan	Ted Clements
Tony Sadler	Wally Painter
Campbell Singer	Mr Archibald

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

Granada’s Manchester Plays (Blog article)

Author/creator

John Wyver (Author)

Reference

http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/granadas-manchester-plays, published 4 September 2011

Linking notes

brief mention

Title

TV Times, 23 December 1960 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 13; listing, p. 33