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Distinguished Gathering

Summary
1948 BBC live outside broadcast of James Parish’s play Distinguished Gathering, from The Intimate Theatre, Palmer’s Green, by permission of Frederick Marlow.
Theatre play
Distinguished Gathering by James Parish (1904-1974) [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 8 July 1948
Time
7.15-9.30pm
Channel
BBC Television

Credits

Presented for Television by
Campbell Logan
Theatre Producer
J. Grant Anderson
Playwright
James Parish (1904-1974)
Cast
Vivienne BurgessDerinda Caswell
Betty CooperJudith Montague
Roger DelgadoEliot Richard Vines
Betty EnglandLady Thalia Wilmer
Michael GoverSir Brian Howet
Ernest HainesMajor ‘Runty’ Pearson
Barbara Hemingway'Lesley Gest’
Enid HewittCaroline Beckwith
Oliver PackerDetective-Sergeant Ferris
Richard PrestonDetective-Sergeant Ramage
Roy PurcellDetective-Inspector Rutherford
David RavenFelix Montague
Toke TownleyBlair
Leonard WhiteC. D. Williams

Additional details

Origination
Live from theatre
Vision original
Monochrome
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
murder

Print sources

Title
Live from the Intimate Theatre, 1946-1949, part 2 (Blog article)
Author/creator
John Wyver (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/live-from-the-intimate-theatre-1946-1949-part-2, published 16 February 2012
Title
Radio Times, 2 July 1948 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 27

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