A Picture of Autumn

Summary

BBC production of N. C. Hunter’s A Picture of Autumn transmitted ‘from the BBC’s North of England studio’ (Radio Times, 8 February 1957, p. 26).

Theatre play

A Picture of Autumn by N. C. [Norman Charles] Hunter (1908-1971) [more information]

Play synopsis

Younger members of a family persuade three older members to sell the ancestral home, with its huge rooms and overgrown garden, and move to a small, converted modern dwelling. Uncle Harry, however, doesn’t really want to leave and mischievously throws a spanner in the works.

Production history

First produced in 1950 (http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hunter-n-c.html#17525).

Date of transmission

Tuesday 12 February 1957

Time

9.30pm (75 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Theatre company

Sheffield Playhouse Company

Credits

Director

Geoffrey Ost

Television Production by

Vivian A. Daniels

Playwright

N. C. [Norman Charles] Hunter (1908-1971)

Adaptor of Script

Michael Voysey

Designer

Kenneth Lawson

Cast

Ella Atkinson	Lady Margaret Denham
Henry Beckett	Harry Denham
John Carson	Frank Denham
Judy Chappell	Felicity Wilson
Kenneth Dight	Robert Denham
Bryan Drew	Mr Pargeter
Brenda Kaye	Elizabeth Denham
Armine Sandford	Nurse
Tony Tanner	John
Charles Workman	Sir Charles Denham

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Print sources

Title

Drama from the North: A Picture of Autumn (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Manchester Guardian, 13 February 1957, p. 7

Title

Radio Times, 8 February 1957 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and illustration on p. 26