The Wrong Side of the Park

Summary: 1961 BBC production of The Wrong Side of the Park by John Mortimer.
Theatre play: The Wrong Side of the Park by John Mortimer [more information]
Play synopsis: Elaine, a woman who is haunted by the memory of her first husband, finds herself in a humdrum marriage to a civil servant. They share their north London house with her husband’s parents and her younger sister. A lodger soon joins them and his attractive money-making scheme recalls for Elaine the lost world of her first happy, marriage.
Production history: Mortimer’s first full-length play for the theatre opened in February 1960.
Date of transmission: Sunday 19 March 1961
Time: 8.45-10.15pm
Series: Sunday-Night Play
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Stuart Burge

Playwright

John Mortimer

Designer

Natasha Kroll

Cast

Title: John Mortimer on TV: The British Film Institute is this month screening a season of the late John Mortimer’s classic TV dramas (Website)
Reference: The Guardian, 4 May 2009 (online at http://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2009/may/04/john-mortimer-tv-drama)
Notes: A gallery of stills, with captions.

Title: John Mortimer’s Britain through the years (Newspaper article)
Author/creator: Mark Lawson (Author)
Reference: The Guardian, 4 May 2009 (online at http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/may/04/john-mortimer-britain-tv-drama)

Title: Radio Times, 16 March 1961 (Magazine)
Linking notes: article, with extracts from six reviews of the first theatre production, p. 15; illustrated article, p. 17

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