Olive Latimer’s Husband

Summary

1965 Granada Television production for ITV of Olive Latimer’s Husband by Rudolf Besier.

Theatre play

Olive Latimer’s Husband by Rudolf Besier (1878-1942) [more information]

Play synopsis

A play about a young woman suspected of killing her husband, Harvey Latimer. Or was it his best friend, his avaricious father-in-law or his own kindness of heart?

Production history

First staged in 1910.

Date of transmission

Monday 17 May 1965

Time

9.40-11.00pm

Series

Edwardians

Channel

ITV

Production company

Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director

Claude Whatham

Producer

Claude Whatham

Playwright

Rudolf Besier (1878-1942)

Adapted for Television by

Gerald Savory (1909-1996)

Designer

Peter Phillips

Cast

Robin Bailey	Sir Charles Weyburn
Kevin Brennan	Berkeley Ogden
Mark Dignam	Col. Mapleson-Finch
Bella Emberg	Nurse Cary
Joan Haythorne	Mrs Mapleson-Finch
Bonnie Hurren	Doris Mapleson-Finch
Barbara Jefford	Olive Latimer
Ronnie Masterson	Mrs O’Connor
John Raven	Lutz
Sebastian Shaw	James Morpeth
Pauline Wingfield	Maid

Additional details

Play tags

murder

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 13 May 1965 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, pp. 10-11; listing, p. 27