Kathleen

Summary

This romantic comedy, Kathleen by Michael Sayers (a.k.a. Michael Connor), was produced by Barbara Burnham for BBC Television.

Theatre play

Kathleen by Michael Sayers [more information]

Play synopsis

The story of this romantic comedy, set in Dublin, centres around the young Kathleen and how her father, priest and doctor cope with her falling in love.

Production history

'After the war, Michael’s play Kathleen was on Broadway’, notes Sean Sayers in an obituary of Michael Sayers (The Guardian, 9 June 2010; accessed online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jun/09/michael-sayers-obituary).

Date of transmission

Thursday 8 September 1955

Time

8.45pm (90 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Playwright

Michael Sayers

Designer

Frederick Knapman

Cast

Alfred Burke	Seamus MacGomigal
Patrick Horgan	Aengus MacOgue
Hazel Hughes	Lily
Helena Hughes	Kathleen
Harry Hutchinson	Jaimey MacGomigal
Robert [Bob] Mooney	Father Sean Keogh
Liam Redmond	Horatio Houhlihan
Christopher Steele	Jasper Fogarty
Harry Towb	Christy Hanafey

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; Irish drama

Print sources

Title

Mum’s Mink (Magazine review)

Author/creator

Philip Hope-Wallace (Reviewer)

Reference

The Listener, 15 September 1955, p. 437

Title

Radio Times, 2 September 1955 (Magazine)

Linking notes

p. 38 has listing and image from the production