The Silver Whistle

Summary

1960 Granada Television production for ITV of the comedy The Silver Whistle by Robert E. McEnroe.

Theatre play

The Silver Whistle by Robert E. McEnroe [more information]

Play synopsis

Wilfred Tasbinder, a romantically minded homeless man, finds a birth certificate for Oliver Erwenter, indicating that its owner is 77 years old. Wilfred decides to impersonate Erwenter and enter a home for the elderly, where he spreads much good cheer.

Production history

First produced by the Theatre Guild at the Biltmore Theatre, New York, on 24 November 1948.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 22 November 1960

Time

9.35-11.05pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director

Alan Cooke

Producer

Warren Jenkins

Playwright

Robert E. McEnroe

Adapted for Television by

Robert E. McEnroe

Designer

Seamus Flannery

Cast

Michael Aldridge	Rev Watson
Michael Balfour	Mr Beach
Josephine Brown	Miss Hoadley
Edgar K. Bruce	The Bishop
James Dyrenforth	Mr Reddy
Clifford Earl	Policeman
Doris Hare	Mrs Hanmer
George Howe	Mr Cherry
Peter Jones	Oliver Erwenter
Bessie Love	Mrs Sampler
Warren Mitchell	Emmett
Jeanne Moody	Miss Tripp
Charles Lloyd Pack	Mr Beebe
Donald Ogden Stewart	Father Shay
Marda Vanne	Mrs Gross

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

ageing; America, as theme or setting; American drama; comedy

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 18 November 1960 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 29; article, p. 12