The Letter

Summary: 1960 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham.
Theatre play: The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'In the play, the action takes place in the house of a plantation owner, Robert Crosbie, and his wife Leslie in the then-British colony of Malaya, and later in the Chinese quarter of Singapore. With the husband away on business, the wife claims that she shot the mutual friend, Geoff Hammond, in self-defence, following an attempted rape, and the play focuses on the steps taken by the wife’s lawyer to convince the court of her innocence, following the discovery of an incriminating letter.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_%28play%29.
Production history: The Letter is a play by W. Somerset Maugham dramatised from a short story that first appeared in his 1926 collection The Casuarina Tree. It was adapted into a play for its stage premiere in London in 1927.
Date of transmission: Friday 30 December 1960
Time: 9.35-10.30pm
Series: Somerset Maugham Hour
Channel: ITV
Production company: Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Director

Ian Fordyce

Playwright

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

Adapted for Television by

Stanley Miller ('dramatised by’)

Designer

Henry Federer

Introduced by

Hugh Williams

Cast

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