Robert’s Wife [excerpt]

Summary: 1957 BBC Television presentation of a 45-minute excerpt from the Liverpool Repertory Company’s production of St John Ervine’s play Robert’s Wife. The presentation was from a special performance before an invited audience from the Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. A technical breakdown led to a cut of five minutes in this production.
Theatre play: Robert’s Wife by St John [Greer] Ervine (1883-1971) [more information]
Play synopsis: Set in an industrial town in the South of England, in 1937, Robert’s Wife is a play about the marriage and careers of Robert and Sanchia Carson. The doctor Sanchia’s birth-control clinic becomes an issue which threatens to affect Robert’s chance of advancement in the Church. A further complication is brought by the militant left-wing pacifist Bob, Robert’s son from his first marriage.
Production history: First staged in 1937.
Date of transmission: Monday 28 February 1955
Time: 8.15-9.00pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC
Theatre company: Liverpool Playhouse [Repertory] Company

Producer

Willard Stoker

Television Presentation by

Barney Colehan

Playwright

St John Irvine (1883-1971)

Decor

John Burnand

Cast

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