Black Limelight

Summary: 1952 BBC live studio production of Gordon Sherry’s thriller Black Limelight.
Theatre play: Black Limelight by Gordon Sherry [more information]
Play synopsis: Thriller which ‘concerns itself with the murder of a vulgar young woman. Suspicion rests on refined young married Peter, who has disappeared, and is known to have spent week-ends with the young woman in question, apparently with the full knowledge of his charming wife She, on hearing of the murder, does everything in her power to screen her spouse. There are, of course, police and detectives on the track, but while they are seemingly very active, they rarely turn up at psychological moments. Peter therefore easily gains access to his home, despite the fact that no one could mistake him, in his unhappy condition, as other than one fleeing from justice. Did he commit the murder?' (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Limelight; accessed 4 October 2014).
Production history: Written in 1936 and performed on Broadway in that year, and in London in April 1937.
Date of transmission: Sunday 1 June 1952
Time: 8.30-10.10pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Dennis Vance

Playwright

Gordon Sherry

Adapted for Television by

Dennis Vance

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Cast

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