Time and the Conways

Summary

1957 BBC Television production of J. B. Priestley’s Time and the Conways.

Theatre play

Time and the Conways by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]

Play synopsis

The action takes place in the Conways’ home in Newlingham in 1919 and 1937. In 1919, the sons and daughters of this middle-class family are ready for life, armed with firm aspirations. Priestley then ‘fast forwards’ to 1937 and shows how badly their aspirations were fulfilled, before taking us back to 1919, to look upon the characters with new eyes.

Production history

First staged in London in 1937.

Date of transmission

Sunday 25 August 1957

Time

8.00-9.30pm

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Hal Burton

Playwright

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)

Designer

Hal Burton

Cast

Caroline Denzil	Carol Conway
Brenda Hogan	Joan Helford
Sarah Lawson	Hazel Conway
Terence Longdon	Robin Conway
Marie Ney	Mrs Conway
John Stratton	Alan Conway
Margaret Tyzack	Madge Conway
Peter Vaughan	Gerald Thornton
Gwen[doline] Watford	Kay Conway
Peter Woodthorpe	Ernest Beevers

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

ageing

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 23 August 1957 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article and listing, pp. 12 and 13