The Asset

Summary

The Radio Times notes that this production of Robert Kemp’s play The Asset was transmitted ‘From the BBC’s Edinburgh studio’.

Theatre play

The Asset by Robert Kemp (1908-1967) [more information]

Production history

Published in 1952, so it is likely to have been staged before the 1956 BBC production.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 28 February 1956

Time

8.00pm (30 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

James Crampsey

Playwright

Robert Kemp (1908-1967)

Designer

Roy Stanley

Cast

Lea Ashton	Harry the Swick
Marillyn Gray	Lulu
Margaret Love	Betty
Douglas Murchie	The Asset
Margot Steel	Birdie

Additional details

Play tags

Scottish drama

Print sources

Title

Playwright’s Threat to Leave Church (Newspaper article)

Reference

The Times, 8 March 1956, p. 15

Title

Radio Times, 24 February 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 2