Boys in Brown

Summary: 1947 BBC live studio broadcast of Reginald Beckwith’s drama Boys in Brown, based on the production at the Duchess Theatre, London, where it was presented by ‘Sherek Plays, Ltd., in association with the Arts Council’ (Radio Times listing, 25 July 1947, p. 31).
Theatre play: Boys in Brown by Reginald Beckwith [more information]
Play synopsis: The play concerns an attempted escape from Borstal, both from the prison and from the stigma which attaches to the name of ‘Borstal Boy’.
Production history: Performed at the Gate, London in 1940.
Date of transmission: Sunday 27 July 1947
Time: 8.30-10.15pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Presented for Television by

Michael Barry

Theatre Director

Norman Marshall

Playwright

Reginald Beckwith

Cast

Walter Beck	Major Anderson
Denis Bedford	Jimmie
Gerald Campion	Fatty Matthews
John Carol	Alfie Rawlings
Frank Coburn	Bossy Phillips
Robert Desmond	Spud Barker
Dennis Egan	Bobby
Tony Halfpenny	Sparrow Thompson
Jordan Lawrence	Basher Walker
Enid Lindsey	Mrs Cooper
André Morell	Richard Blatchley, the Governor
Hugh Munro	Gormy Evans
Anthony Oliver	Plato Cartwright
Neville Phillips	Harry
Michael Ripper	Casey
John Stobart	John Knight
Nigel Stock	Jackie Knowles
Richard Warner	James Tigson
Patrick Westwood	Jock
Alwyne Whatsley	Bill Foster

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