Seagulls over Sorrento [excerpt]

Summary: 1953 BBC live outside broadcast from the Apollo Theatre, London of an excerpt from the hit comedy Seagulls Over Sorrento, played before an invited audience. Presented by arrangement with George and Alfred Black and H. M. Tennent Ltd.
Theatre play: Seagulls over Sorrento by Hugh Hastings (1917-2004) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Seagulls Over Sorrento [is] a British service comedy with an all-male cast. Five naval ratings volunteer for a special posting on a naval experimental base on a remote island off Scapa Flow. The work of the base is so secret that they themselves are not told what it is but they are warned it is highly dangerous’ (http://www.thestage.co.uk/people/obituaries/2005/01/hugh-hastings/; accessed 4 December 2014).
Production history: Opened in 1950 at the Apollo Theatre in London and ran for 1,551 performances.
Date of transmission: Monday 11 May 1953
Time: 8.35-9.20pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Presented for Television by

Alan Chivers

Theatre Director

Wallace Douglas

Playwright

Hugh Hastings (1917-2004)

Decor

Michael Weight

Cast

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