Craven House

Summary

1950 BBC live studio production of Craven House, a play by Diana Hamilton adapted from an early novel by her brother, Patrick Hamilton.

Theatre play

Craven House by Diana Hamilton [more information]

Play synopsis

Adapted by his sister from the 1926 novel by Patrick Hamilton, the play is set in the drawing-room on a London boarding-house. There are romantic liaisons and family rows before a contentedly happy ending.

Production history

Produced on tour in England in 1946 but not seen in London at that time.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 21 February 1950

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Ian Atkins

Playwright

Diana Hamilton

Original Book by

Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962)

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

Esme Beringer	Mrs Hoare
Jean Cadell	Miss Hatt
Ysanne Churchman	Audrey Custard
Rosamund Greenwood	Russian Lady
Barbara Lott	Miss Cotterell
Roderick Lovell	Antony Wildman
Eliot Makeham	Mr Spicer
Helena Pickard	Mrs Spicer
Terry Randall	Elsie Nixon
Ruth Taylor	Mrs Nixon
Robert Urquhart	Jock Nixon

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presewnted again at 8.15pm on Monday 27 February 1950.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

adaptation of novel

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 17 February 1950 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 46; articles, pp. 45 and 44