Quay South

Summary

1955 Towers of London production for ITV of Quay South by Howard Clewes.

Theatre play

Quay South by Howard Clewes [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in a derelict sea-port in the north-east of England. Time: 1940. A struggle between the block-ship captain, living ashore, and the tyranny both of circumstance and of the army adjutant who tries to take over his beloved ship.

Date of transmission

Saturday 10 December 1955

Time

9.00-10.00pm

Series

TV Playhouse

Channel

ITV

Production company

Towers of London

Credits

Director

Desmond Davis

Producer

Desmond Davis

Playwright

Howard Clewes

Adapted for Television by

Denis Webb

Cast

Peter Barkworth	Lieutenant Shirley
Michael Bates	Captain Allan Gerard
Newton Blick	Fisherman
Allan Cuthbertson	The Adjutant
Miriam Karlin	Hilda Thwaite
Roger Livesey	Captain Daniel Thwaite
Doria Noar	Agnes
Richard Pearson	Elwes
Frederick Piper	Spanish Soldier
Philip Ray	Uncle O’Hara
Peter Sallis	Corporal Foster
Robert Sanson	The Commanding Officer
Peter Wigzell	Sentry

Additional details

Play tags

military / army / navy / air-force; north of England, as theme or setting; sea-faring; Second World War, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 2 December 1955 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, with image, p. 37; article, p. 3