The Skin Game

Summary

BBC production of John Galsworthy’s The Skin Game.

Theatre play

The Skin Game by John Galsworthy (1867-1933) [more information]

Play synopsis

This play focuses on the clash between the well-bred Hillcrists, who live in the house which has been the family home since the time of Elizabeth I, and the Hornblowers, rich newcomers from the north who have grand plans of developing the surrounding countryside with potteries.

Production history

First produced in 1920.

Date of transmission

Sunday 18 January 1959

Time

8.30pm

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Chloe Gibson

Playwright

John Galsworthy (1867-1933)

Designer

Roy Oxley

Cast

Cecil Brock	First Stranger
Edward Chapman	Hornblower
Ivor Dean	Second Stranger
Richard Gale	Charles
Stuart Hutchinson	Rolf
Henry Kay	Mr Smalley
Sam Kydd	Dawker
Howard Lamb	Fellows
David Langton	Auctioneer
Molly Lumley	Mrs Jackman
John Robinson	Hillcrist
Hilda Campbell Russell	Anna
Mary Webster	Jill
Meadows [or Meadow] White	Jackman
Valerie White	Mrs Hillcrist
Billie Whitelaw	Chloe

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

class issues / differences; north of England, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Du Maurier and Galsworthy on Television (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 19 January 1959, p. 3

Title

Play’s Conflict Fundamental: The Skin Game (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Manchester Guardian, 19 January 1959, p. 5

Title

Radio Times, 16 January 1959 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and article on p. 9, with photograph

Title

The Common Man (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

G. A. Olden (Reviewer)

Reference

The Irish Times, 22 January 1959, p. 6