The Touch of Fear

Summary

1958 ATV production of The Touch of Fear by Dorothy Christie and Campbell Christie.

Theatre play

The Touch of Fear by Dorothy Christie and Campbell Christie (1893-1963) [more information]

Play synopsis

Michael and Sarah hire a nanny to look after their son. When she is murdered the finger of suspicion points to Michael. He had had a one-night stand with her when his wife was away and had been seen quarrelling with her on the night of the murder. Then he lies about where he was later that fateful night.

Production history

Performed in Bristol in the 1956-57 season, and published by Samuel French in 1957.

Date of transmission

Friday 6 June 1958

Time

9.00-10.00pm

Series

Television Playhouse

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)

Credits

Director

Peter Wood

Playwright

Campbell Christie (1893-1963)

Playwright

Dorothy Christie

Adapted for Television by

Ivor Dean

Designer

Hutchinson Scott

Cast

Ernest Clark	Dr Alec Barnes
Ivor Dean	Supt. Blandford
Charles Hill	Sam Bateman
Patricia Kneale	Laura Bateman
Barbara Lott	Rose Owen
Nicholas Meredith	Fred Owen
Richard Pasco (1926-)	Michael Stanham
Elizabeth Sellars	Sarah Stanham
Ernest Thesiger	Sir Walter Stanham
Gwen[doline] Watford	Brenda Stanham
Margaret Whiting	Dilys Buchanan

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

murder

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 30 May 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 35; article, p. 21