Olive Ogilvie [excerpt]

Summary

BBC presentation of a 45-minute excerpt from a special performance of the new comedy Olive Ogilvie, from American playwright Henry Denker, at the Aldwych Theatre, London.

Theatre play

Olive Ogilvie by Henry Denker [more information]

Play synopsis

A comedy examining the private life of an American film star who wants to sacrifice her sex-symbol income in order to learn how to act.

Production history

This American comedy seems to have been produced first in Edinburgh, then London, before being staged in America (see The Times, 28 Janaury 1957, p. 12).

Date of transmission

Monday 18 March 1957

Time

8.00pm

Series

Theatre Night

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Henry Denker

Television Presentation by

John Vernon

Playwright

Henry Denker

Decor

Michael Weight

Cast

Phil Brown	Sam Grassman
Edward Burnham	J. Bannister
Yolande Donlan	Olive Ogilvie
John Justin	Alec Grimes
Harold Lang	Russell
Patricia Marmont	Betty Grassman
Ronald Radd	Mick Mandelbaum

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

American drama; comedy

Print sources

Title

Aldwych Theatre: Olive Ogilvie (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 14 March 1957, p. 3

Linking notes

n.b. a review of the stage production, not the excerpt shown on television

Title

Radio Times, 15 March 1957 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article and listing on p. 15