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

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Melville Gilliam

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