Write Me a Murder

Summary

1964 BBC production of Write Me a Murder by Frederick Knott.

Theatre play

Write Me a Murder by Frederick Knott [more information]

Play synopsis

'The play tells the story of the brothers Clive and David Rodingham, who inherit the family fortune upon the death of their father. They then meet business man Charles and his wife Julie, a would-be thriller writer. Charles is anxious to work with the brothers on property deals, and so encourages David, who is also a writer, to co-author a murder story with Julie. It isn’t long before the two concoct the perfect crime, which is soon twisted into a reality...' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_Me_a_Murder).

Production history

Write Me A Murder opened at the Belasco Theater in New York on 24 October 1961.

Date of transmission

Thursday 5 November 1964

Time

9.00-10.15pm

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Alan Gibson

Producer

Cedric Messina

Playwright

Frederick Knott

Composer

Max Harris

Designer

Natasha Kroll

Story Editor

Rosemary Hill

Cast

David Buck	David Rodingham
Noël Hood	Dr Woolley
Elizabeth Maclennan	Julie Sturrock
T. P. McKenna	Charles Sturrock
Raymond Ross	Mr Tibbit
Royston Tickner	Constable
James Villiers	Clive Rodingham

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

inheritance; murder; poetry and literature, as theme

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 29 October 1964 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 54; listing, p. 57