The Long Mirror

Summary

1948 BBC live studio production of J. B. Priestley’s ‘time play’ The Long Mirror.

Theatre play

The Long Mirror by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]

Play synopsis

'A woman (an artist) has a curiously intimate relationship with a man (a musician) she has never met in the real world before. After five years of sharing his life in the spirit they finally meet at a Welsh hotel.' (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley’s_Time_Plays; accessed 24 August 2014.)

Production history

Written in 1940.

Date of transmission

Sunday 25 July 1948

Time

8.30-10.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Harold Clayton

Playwright

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)

Sets / Settings

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Barbara Everest	Mrs Tenbury
Clement McCallin	Michael Camber
Sidney Monckton	Thomas Williams
Helen Shingler	Valerie Camber
Valerie Taylor	Branwen Elder

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 29 July 1948.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

supernatural; Wales, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 23 July 1948 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated listing, p. 26; article, p. 24