Hook, Line, and Sinker [scenes]

Summary

BBC presentation of scenes from André Roussin’s comedy Hook, Line, and Sinker, transmitted from a special performance at the Piccadilly Theatre, London.

Theatre play

Hook, Line, and Sinker by André Roussin (1911-1987) [more information]

Play synopsis

In this comedy, an elderly husband is married to a girl with a brother with a criminal record. When the husband fails does not die, as predicted by the doctor, the heartless siblings set out to murder him.

Production history

Premiered at the Piccadilly Theatre, London in November 1958.

Date of transmission

Thursday 12 February 1959

Time

8.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Stuart Burge

Television Presentation by

John Vernon

Playwright

André Roussin (1911-1987)

Adaptor of Script

Robert Morley (1908-1992)

Translator

Robert Morley (1908-1992) (from the French)

Decor

Bernard Daydé

Cast

Bernard Cribbins	Kiki Reger
Harry Hutchinson	Percy, the Ram
Robert Morley (1908-1992)	Le Boeuf, Sebastian
Joan Plowright	Arlette

Additional details

Origination

Live from theatre

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

ageing; comedy; French drama; murder

Print sources

Title

BBC Television (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Irish Times, 12 February 1959, p. 6

Title

Radio Times, 6 February 1959 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article and listing, with photograph, on p. 19