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Vitriol

Summary
1960 Granada production for ITV of Vitriol by Harold Brighouse.
Theatre play
Vitriol by Harold Brighouse (1882-1958) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 30 August 1960
Time
9.35-11.05pm
Series
Play of the Week
Channel
ITV
Production company
Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director
Herbert Wise
Playwright
Harold Brighouse (1882-1958)
Adapted for Television by
Gerald Savory (1909-1996)
Designer
Seamus Flannery
Cast
Frank AtkinsonAlcott
Michael BarringtonLivesey
Norman BirdLomax
Michael BlakemoreWalter Clavering
Avis BunnageMrs Jones
George DevineJabez Thomson
Edward EvansPullen
Fred FerrisInspector
Barry FosterCharlie Buntin
Oliver JohnstonJohn Bunting
Olive McFarlandRosie Thomson
Dickie OwenJones
Aidan TurnerButler
Anna TurnerMrs Wilcock

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
north of England, as theme or setting; science

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
Title
TV Times, 26 August 1960 (Magazine)
Linking notes
illustrated article, p. 16; listing, p. 29

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