No Medals

Summary

1958 Associated-Rediffusion production of Esther McCracken’s No Medals for ITV.

Theatre play

No Medals by Esther McCracken (1902-1971) [more information]

Play synopsis

The scene is laid in the living-room of a small furnished house in a dockyard town sometime during 1943. Martha longs to be called up for war service in order that she might have a break from her duties as mother and housewife.

Production history

First staged in London in 1944.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 9 April 1958

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Producer

Tania Lieven

Playwright

Esther McCracken (1902-1971)

Set Designer

Frank Gillman

Cast

Doreen Aris	Helen Wyland
John Boddington	Capt Crusty Dishart, RN
Christine Finn	Lolly Dacre
Gladys Henson	Mrs Gaye
Yvonne Hills	Monica Raine
Richard Hurndall	Capt Geoffrey Radcliffe, RN
Gordon Jackson	Flt-Ly Roddy MacIntyre, RAF
Barbara Ogilvie	Phyllis Maling
Dennis Scott	Lt ‘Tiny’ Sawyer, RN
Sophie Stewart (1908-1977)	Martha Dacre
Eric Thompson	AB Paul Ffolliott, RN
Peggy Thorpe-Bates	Harriet Lessing
Jack Watling	Lt-Cmdr Nigel Wyland, RNVR
Meadows [or Meadow] White	The Waterman

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

gender roles; Second World War, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Animals Again (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

Maurice Richardson (Reviewer)

Reference

The Observer, 13 April 1958, p. 15

Title

TV Times, 4 April 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article and listing on pp. 16 and 31