The Keep [excerpt]

Summary

1962 BBC presentation of an excerpt from the English Stage Company’s production of The Keep, a comedy by Gwyn Thomas, at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

Theatre play

The Keep by Gwyn Thomas (1913-1981) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy set in a large parlour in the Morton house in south Wales. Con Morton, a town clerk, reveres his deceased mother (Mam) excessively, and expects his father and siblings to do so equally.

Production history

The Keep, an award-winning play, was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre in London in November 1961.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 7 March 1962

Time

9.25-10.10pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Theatre company

English Stage Company

Credits

Director

John Dexter

Television Presentation by

Mary Evans

Playwright

Gwyn Thomas (1913-1981)

Designer

Ken Calder

Cast

Windsor Davies	Wallace Morton
Jessie Evans	Miriam Morton
Tenniel Evans	Russell Morton
David Garfield	Alvin Morton
Denys Graham	Oswald Morton
Mervyn Johns	Ben Morton
Glyn Owen	Constantine Morton

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

Wales, as theme or setting; Welsh drama

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 1 March 1962 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 35; listing, p. 37