Black Limelight

Summary: 1962 BBC production of the thriller Black Limelight by Gordon Sherry.
Theatre play: Black Limelight by Gordon Sherry [more information]
Play synopsis: Thriller which ‘concerns itself with the murder of a vulgar young woman. Suspicion rests on refined young married Peter, who has disappeared, and is known to have spent week-ends with the young woman in question, apparently with the full knowledge of his charming wife She, on hearing of the murder, does everything in her power to screen her spouse. There are, of course, police and detectives on the track, but while they are seemingly very active, they rarely turn up at psychological moments. Peter therefore easily gains access to his home, despite the fact that no one could mistake him, in his unhappy condition, as other than one fleeing from justice. Did he commit the murder?' (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Limelight; accessed 4 October 2014).
Production history: Written in 1936 and performed on Broadway in that year, and in London in April 1937.
Date of transmission: Sunday 14 January 1962
Time: 8.55-9.55pm
Series: Sunday-Night Play
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Patrick Dromgoole

Playwright

Gordon Sherry

Designer

Alan Taylor

Cast

Michael Aldridge	Lawrence Manfred
Renée Asherson	Mary Charrington
Neville Barber	Det. Sergeant
Susan Burnet	Lily James
Robert Cawdron	Police Constable
Constance Chapman	Gawper
Edward Evans	Inspector Tanner
Dudley Foster	Roberts
Gretchen Franklin	Mrs Brooks
Madge Jones	Gawper
Alan [or Allan] McClelland	News Editor
Vera McGregor	Gawper
Hubert Rees	Gawper
Charles Simon	Chief Superintendent Blackthorne
Nigel Stock	Peter Charrington
Jack Walters	Gawper

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