Skipper Next to God

Summary

1956 ABC Television production of Skipper Next to God for ITV.

Theatre play

Skipper Next to God by Jan de Hartog [more information]

Play synopsis

Joris Kuyper, captain of The Young Nellie, sailed to South America with a cargo of refugees in 1938. He faces every kind of political and religious opposition to his efforts to land the passengers.

Production history

Produced in repertory in Windsor in 1945, but possibly it was staged elsewhere earlier.

Date of transmission

Sunday 20 May 1956

Series

ABC Playhouse

Channel

ITV

Production company

ABC Television (1955-1968); Towers of London

Credits

Director

Stuart Latham

Producer

Stuart Latham

Playwright

Jan de Hartog

Adaptor of Script

Howard Clewes

Cast

Bruno Barnabe	Meyer
John Glen	Richters
Donald Houston	Joris Kuyper
Ernest Jay	The Consul
Allan Jeayes	Bruinsma
Marne Maitland	Lieutenant of Police
Hugh McDermott	US Naval Officer
Martin Miller	Rabbi
John Ruddock	Clergyman
Harold Scott	Davelaar
Denis Shaw	Cook
Peter Stephens	Dutch Officer

Additional details

Play tags

religion, as theme or subject; sea-faring; South America, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 18 May 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 13