Sailor Beware [excerpt]

Summary

BBC presentation of a 45-minute excerpt from a special performance of the comedy Sailor Beware by Philip King and Falkland L. Cary before an invited audience at the Strand Theatre, London, where the highly successful production was in its third year.

Theatre play

Sailor Beware by Philip King and Falkland L. Cary [more information]

Play synopsis

The action takes place in the living-room of the Hornetts’ house in a small inland town. Emma Hornett is the all-dominating mother who strikes terror into any would-be suitor for her daughter, Shirley, and she particularly dislikes sailors such as Albert Tufnell.

Production history

In 1957 it was in its third year at the Strand Theatre, London.

Date of transmission

Sunday 31 March 1957

Time

7.35pm

Series

Theatre Night

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Melville Gilliam

Television Presentation by

Michael Henderson

Playwright

Falkland L. Cary

Playwright

Philip King

Sets / Settings

Michael Eve

Cast

Jean Burgess	Daphne Pink
Richard Coleman	Albert Tufnell
James Copeland	Carnoustie Bligh
Henryetta Edwards	Shirley Hornett
Myrette Morven	Mrs Lack
Peggy Mount	Emma Hornett
Cyril Smith	Henry Hornett
Ann Wilton	Edie Hornett

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

military / army / navy / air-force

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 29 March 1957 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and article on p. 15