Dangerous Corner

Summary

1970 Yorkshire Television production for ITV of Dangerous Corner by J. B. Priestley.

Theatre play

Dangerous Corner by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]

Play synopsis

'Robert and Freda Caplan are entertaining guests at their country retreat. A chance remark by one of the guests ignites a series of devastating revelations, revealing a hitherto undiscovered tangle of clandestine relationships and dark secrets, the disclosures of which have tragic consequences. The play ends with time slipping back to the beginning of the evening and the chance remark not being made, the secrets remaining hidden and the "dangerous corner" avoided.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Corner.

Production history

Opened on 17 May 1932 at the Lyric Theatre, London; published London: Heinemann, 1932.

Date of transmission

Saturday 2 May 1970

Time

10.10-11.35pm

Series

Saturday Night Theatre

Channel

ITV

Production company

Yorkshire Television (1968-)

Credits

Director

Joan Kemp-Welch (1906-1999)

Playwright

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)

Designer

John Wood

Executive Producer

Peter Willes

Cast

Joanna Dunham	Freda Caplan
Ian Hendry	Charles Stanton
Nicola Pagett	Betty Whitehouse
Nicholas Pennell	Gordon Whitehouse
Margaretta Scott	Miss Mockridge
Gwen[doline] Watford	Olwen Peel
Moray Watson	Robert Caplan

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 30 April 1970 (Magazine)

Linking notes

brief article, p. 2; long article (interview with actor Ian Hendry), pp. 2-4; listing, p. 29, with image