The Black Eye
- Summary
- BBC production of James Bridie’s The Black Eye televised before an invited audience in the Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow.
- Theatre play
- The Black Eye by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 12 August 1952
- Time
- 8.45pm (105 mins)
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- James Crampsey
- Television Presentation by
- Aubrey Singer (1927-2007)
- Playwright
- James Bridie (1888-1951)
- Adaptor of Script
- James Crampsey
- Sets / Settings
- John Wilson
- Cast
Rona Anderson Elspeth Crawford Meg Buchanan Mrs Scoullar George Davies Angus Windlestraw Tom Fleming Johnnie Windlestraw Ethel Glendinning Mrs Windlestraw Marillyn Gray Girl Margaret Hamilton Connie Windlestraw David Kossof Samuel Samuels Pharic Maclaren Young Man James MacTaggart George Windlestraw Doris McLatchie Louie Windlestraw David Mowat McGillivray Douglas Murchie Young Man Hilary Paterson Katie / Girl Elliot Playfair A Serious Person / Waiter
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from theatre
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- Scotland, as theme or setting; Scottish drama
Print sources
- Title
- IMDb: Black Eye (Website)
- Reference
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663624 (accessed 13 November 2012)
- Title
- Radio Times, 8 August 1952 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing on p. 37 and article on p. 35
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