Shadow in the Sun

Summary

1964 Anglia Television production for ITV of Shadow in the Sun by Maurice McLoughlin.

Theatre play

Shadow in the Sun by Maurice McLoughlin (1916-1970) [more information]

Play synopsis

When his daughter, Maxine de Groot, is threatened with expulsion from a boarding school for girls in South Africa, a prominent politician resorts to blackmailing the headmistress in order to avoid a public scandal. A play of prejudice, bigotry and fear.

Production history

Published by Samuel French in 1963.

Date of transmission

Monday 16 March 1964

Time

9.10-10.30pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Anglia Television (1959-)

Credits

Director

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Playwright

Maurice McLoughlin (1916-1970)

Designer

Reece Pemberton

Cast

Hilda Barry	Mrs Richards
Anne Blake	Miss Van Ryn
Jack Bligh	Huysmann
Gaye Brown	Miss Price
Holly Doone	Barbara
Jane Eccles	Miss Haley
Noel Johnson	Mr de Groot
Janet Krasowski	Jane Bracknell
Ruth Meyers	Anne Baker
Anna Neagle	Miss Calvert
Susan Purdie	Helen
Natasha Pyne	Pamela Hall
Peter Russell	Pieter Vandenberg
Margaret Vines	Miss Perry
Georgina Ward	Maxine de Groot

Additional details

Play tags

race relations; schools, as theme or setting; South Africa, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 13 March 1964 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, pp. 20-21; listing, p. 37