A Day by the Sea

Summary: 1959 Associated Television production for ITV of A Day by the Sea by N. C. Hunter.
Theatre play: A Day by the Sea by N. C. [Norman Charles] Hunter (1908-1971) [more information]
Play synopsis: This play, the action of which takes place across a single day in a house by the sea in Dorset, ‘expresses the kind of predicament quite common among people reaching middle age. Without realising that time is slipping away, they relentlessly pursue a way of life, a career, at the expense of everything else, only to find it quite unrewarding’ (TV Times, 27 March 1959, p. 7).
Production history: It premiered in 1953.
Date of transmission: Tuesday 31 March 1959
Time: 8.30-10.00pm
Series: Play of the Week
Channel: ITV
Production company: Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)

Director

Lionel Harris

Playwright

N. C. [Norman Charles] Hunter (1908-1971)

Sets / Settings

Paul Mayo

Cast

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