Haul for the Shore

Summary

BBC Television production of Jean McConnell’s comedy Haul for the Shore.

Theatre play

Haul for the Shore by Jean McConnell [more information]

Play synopsis

A comedy in three acts about smuggling, set in a West Country fishing village. The Rev. Fox makes the locals see the error of their ways in trying to deceive the Customs and Excise men.

Production history

First published in 1953. Highly popular on amateur stages; the details of its stage premiere have yet to be ascertained.

Date of transmission

Sunday 26 February 1956

Time

8.45pm (90 mins)

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Douglas Allen

Playwright

Jean McConnell

Designer

Charles Lawrence

Cast

Nigel Beard	Second Visitor
Gordon Bell	Dr Clifford
Robert Brown	Richard Pengelly
Fanny Carby	Maisie
Everley Gregg	Sarah Trowt
Edward Higgins	First Visitor
Joan Newell	Polly Ipplepen
Victor Platt	Constable William Widdon
Kevin Stoney	The Rev. Leslie Fox
Charles Victor	Jem Burden
Meadows [or Meadow] White	Fisherman
George Woodbridge	Petrock Pook

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; Cornwall, as theme or setting; smuggling

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 24 February 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and article on p. 1

Title

Television (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Observer, 26 February 1956, p. 8