Seagulls over Sorrento

Summary

1956 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Seagulls over Sorrento by Hugh Hastings.

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 7 May 1956

Time

8.00-9.30pm

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director

Leonard Brett

Producer

Leonard Brett

Playwright

Hugh Hastings (1917-2004)

Adapted for Television by

Denis Webb

Cast

Gerald Andersen	Able Seaman Hudson
Barry Keegan	Able Seaman Turner
James Kenney	Able Seaman Sims
Barry Letts	Petty Officer Herbert
Ian MacNaughton	Able Seaman McIntosh
Christopher Morahan	Sub. Lieut. Granger, R.N.
James Raglan	Lieut. Commander Redmond
Ronald Shiner	Able Seaman Badger
Alan White	A Telegraphist

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; military / army / navy / air-force

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 4 May 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 15