An English Summer

Summary: 1960 BBC production of the wartime drama An English Summer by Ronald Adam.
Theatre play: An English Summer by Ronald Adam (1896-1979) [more information]
Play synopsis: The play is set at RAF Hornchurch in the summer of 1940, during the Battle of Britain, one of the first major battles of the war between the German Luftwaffe and the RAF. Ronald Adam, the play’s author uses his own experience in his capacity as a controller at RAF Hornchurch which was a pivotal RAF station throughout World War 2. Adapted from http://www.cherishedtelevision.co.uk/anenglishsummer.html.
Production history: Single performance at Wyndham’s Theatre on 14 December 1947 (source: J. P. Wearing’s The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, pp. 343-44).
Date of transmission: Sunday 18 September 1960
Time: 8.05-9.35pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Peter Hammond

Playwright

Ronald Adam (1896-1979)

Designer

Richard Wilmot

Cast

Redmond Bailey
Geoffrey Bayldon	Flt. Sgt. John Nabb, DFM
Hamlyn Benson	Flt. Lt. Smithers
Richard Carpenter	Pilot Officer Willie Wishart
Alan Casley
Donald Churchill	Sgt. Pilot ‘Ace’ Corner
Barrie Cookson	Squadron Leader Cook
David Denham
Hamilton Dyce	Captain Forshaw, RA
Clifford Earl
Caroline Leigh
Frank Leighton	Group Captain Garry, OBE
Richard Longman
Patricia McAuley
Claire Owen
Joseph O’Conor	Squadron Leader Henry Armstrong
William Peacock	Squadron Leader David Kemble
Redmond Phillips	Brightside
Stella Richmond
Elizabeth Anne Ruddle
Ivor Salter	Flt. Sgt. Haywick
Tim Seely	Flying Officer George Mayhew
Kevin Stoney	Flt. Lt. ‘Dutch’ Pieters, DFC
Robert Vahey
Haydn Ward

Play tags: military / army / navy / air-force; Second World War, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

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