The Outsider

Summary

1956 production for ITV of The Outsider by Dorothy Brandon.

Theatre play

The Outsider by Dorothy Brandon [more information]

Play synopsis

'A life devoted to music, a father’s love and respect - but a permanent cripple? Or a chance to enjoy a full and normal existence by placing herself in the unorthodox hands of the arrogant foreign "quack" who has cured so many others? That is the choice facing the daughter of London’s most eminent surgeon’ (TV Times, 27 July 1956, p. 21).

Production history

Dated to 1926.

Date of transmission

Thursday 2 August 1956

Time

8.00-9.00pm

Series

Television Playhouse

Channel

ITV

Credits

Director

Dennis Vance

Producer

Dennis Vance

Playwright

Dorothy Brandon

Adapted for Television by

George Kerr

Composer

Betty Lawrence ('theme music’)

Musician

Betty Lawrence

Designer

Bertram Tyrer

Cast

Antony Baird	Capt. Wicherly
Richard Bebb	Basil Brum
Carl Bernard	Kelmore
Annette Carell	Madame Klost
Adrienne Corri	Lalage
Ian Fleming	Tollemache
Roy Hepworth	Sir Nathan Israel
Raymond Huntley	Sturdee
Olive Kerby	The Maid
David Kossoff	Ragatzy
Lloyd Lamble	Ladd
Alicia Massy-Beresford	Receptionist

Additional details

Notes

Production company not noted by the TV Times.

Play tags

medical drama

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 27 July 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and image, p. 21