Eden End

Summary

1951 BBC live studio production of J. B. Priestley’s drama Eden End.

Theatre play

Eden End by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]

Play synopsis

'In the last week of October 1912 the family of Dr Kirby, a widower in the North of England, is disturbed by the unexpected return of Stella, a "prodigal daughter" who left eight years before in order to pursue a career on the stage’ (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_End).

Production history

Premiere: Duchess Theatre, London, 1934.

Date of transmission

Sunday 2 December 1951

Time

8.15-10.20pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Harold Clayton

Playwright

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Cast

Jack Allen	Geoffrey Farrant
David Aylmer	Wilfred Kirby
Peter Cushing	Charles Appleby
Dorothy Dewhurst	Sarah
Rachel Gurney	Lilian Kirby
Julien [Julian?] Mitchell	Dr Kirby
Helen Shingler	Stella Kirby

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 8.00pm on Thursday 6 December 1951.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

north of England, as theme or setting; theatre or acting, as theme

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 30 November 1951 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 48; article by Lionel Hale, ‘Priestley’s Finest Play’, p. 47