The River Line
- Summary
- 1955 BBC production of the First World War play The River Line by Charles Morgan, televised to mark the 10th anniversary of VE Day.
- Theatre play
- The River Line by Charles Morgan [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 8 May 1955
- Time
- 8.50-10.20pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Stephen Harrison
- Playwright
- Charles Morgan
- Designer
- Barry Learoyd
- Cast
Jacques Brunius Pierre Chassaigne John Charlesworth Dick Frewer Rosalie Crutchley Mrs Wyburton (Marie Chassaigne) James Donald Philip Sturgess Robert Harris Cmdr Julian Wyburton, RN (retd.) Sarah Lawson Valerie Barton Una Venning Mrs Muriven John Westbrook Major John Lang (called Heron)
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- First World War, as theme or setting; France, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 6 May 1955 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article by the playwright Charles Morgan on p. 4; listing, p. 14, with image
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