Rope

Summary: Granada Television production for ITV of Rope by Patrick Hamilton.
Theatre play: Rope by Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'The play is set on the first floor of a house in Mayfair, London in 1929. The story, thought to be based loosely on the Leopold and Loeb murder case, concerns two young university students, Wyndham Brandon and Charles Granillo (whom Brandon calls "Granno"), who have murdered fellow student Ronald Kentley as an expression of their supposed intellectual superiority. At the beginning of the play they hide Kentley’s body in a chest. They proceed to host a party for his friends and family at which the chest containing his corpse is used to serve a buffet’ (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_%28play%29).
Production history: Produced at the Strand Theatre in London in on 3 March 1929; a few months later it transferred to the Masque Theatre in New York. Published by Constable in the same year.
Date of transmission: Wednesday 2 October 1957
Time: 8.45-10.00pm
Series: Play of the Week
Channel: ITV
Production company: Granada Television (1956-)

Director

Henry Kaplan

Playwright

Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962)

Adaptor of Script

Ken Hoare

Cast

Title: Plays for the Millions: The First 75. A Cross Index of Granada TV Play Productions (Book)
Reference: Published by Granada TV Network, 1960

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