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Bound East for Cardiff

Summary
1960 BBC production of Bound East for Cardiff by Eugene O’Neill, given as the second of three short plays by the playwright over one evening. The three plays, given under the title Eugene O’Neill: Three Plays of the Sea were The Moon of the Caribees, Bound East for Cardiff and In the Zone; together they cover the years 1912-15 on board the steamship Glencairn.
Theatre play
Bound East for Cardiff by Eugene O’Neill [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 27 September 1960
Time
8.30-9.45pm (three plays)
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Vivian A. Daniels
Playwright
Eugene O’Neill
Musical Accompaniment
Alfred Edwards (credited as accompanying the singer Ewan MacColl)
Singer
Ewan MacColl
Designer
Paul Bernard
Cast
Ena BabbSusie
Michael CorcoranMate
Monica DwyerViolet
Ian FairbairnOlson
Shay GormanYank
Owen HolderSmitty
Charles HoustonScotty
Fred JohnsonCaptain
Alfred MaronCocky
James MellorDavies
Endre MullerBig Frank
Pearl PrescodBella
Soraya RafatPearl
Liam RedmondDriscoll
Leslie TwelvetreesDonkeyman
Harry WalkerPaddy
Glenn WilliamsJack
Ricky WoodruffPaul

Additional details

Notes
The Radio Times gives one cast for the three plays.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
America, as theme or setting; American drama; sea-faring

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 23 September 1960 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 19

Associated programmes

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