The Lion’s Share

Summary

1956 Granada Television production for ITV of The Lion’s Share, the re-titled play One Bright Day by Sigmund Miller.

Theatre play

One Bright Day by Sigmund Miller (1910-1998) [more information]

Play synopsis

'Strange facts which could affect the lives of thousands of people come to light in the boardroom of a leading American chemical company. The reactions of the directors to these facts provide an unusual, gripping drama of private feelings and public safety’ (TV Times, 30 November 1956, p. 21).

Production history

First staged in New York City in March 1952.

Date of transmission

Thursday 6 December 1956

Time

8.00-9.00pm

Series

Television Playhouse

Channel

ITV

Production company

Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director

Silvio Narizzano

Playwright

Sigmund Miller (1910-1998)

Cast

Mark Bellamy	Dr Ferguson
Maurice Durante	Paul Rust
William Franklyn	George Lawrence
Alan Gifford	Julian Prescott
Don Gilliand	Stanley Archer
Vincent Holman	Frederick Newberry
Henry Kendall	Arthur Mitchell
Betty McDowall	Margot Prescott
Al Murock	Paul Labarca
George Ricarde	Tom McGowan
Rita Stevens	Ginny
Victor Wood	Theodore Cahill

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

America, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 30 November 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 21