Traveller’s Joy

Summary

1956 H. M. Tennent Globe production of Traveller’s Joy by Arthur Macrae for Associated Television and ITV.

Theatre play

Traveller’s Joy by Arthur Macrae [more information]

Play synopsis

'With extensive restrictions on how much foreign exchange British travellers can take outside the realm (then £5), a variety of English men and women are trapped in expensive Sweden’ (synopsis of the film of the play at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller%27s_Joy).

Production history

London, 1948 or 1949.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 17 October 1956

Time

8.00-9.30pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)

Credits

Director

Lionel Harris

Producer

Lionel Harris

Playwright

Arthur Macrae

Adapted for Television by

Denis Webb

Cast

Yvonne Arnaud (1892-1958)	Mrs Beatrice Pelham, ‘Bumble’
Joan Benham	Lil Fowler
Geoffrey Dunn	Lord Tilbrook
Peter Gray	Nicholas Rafferty
Billie Hill	Miss Tilsen
David Hutcheson	Sydney Fowler
William Mervyn	Reggie Pelham
George Pravda	Mr Olsen
Joan Sims	Eva
David Stoll	Tom Wright

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; Sweden, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 12 October 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 19