Learning on ScreenBoys in Brown
- Summary
- 1956 Associated-Rediffusion production of Boys in Brown for ITV.
- Theatre play
- Boys in Brown by Reginald Beckwith [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 24 May 1956
- Time
- 9.00-10.00pm
- Series
- Television Playhouse
- Channel
- ITV
- Production company
- Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)
Credits
- Director
- Cyril Butcher
- Playwright
- Reginald Beckwith
- Sets / Settings
- George Haslam
- Cast
Ronald Adam (1896-1979) Richard Blatchley, the Governor Michael Anthony John Knight Michael Bryant Casey Patrick [Pat] Connor Johnson, an Officer Aubrey Danvers-Walker Major Anderson David Edwards Bill Foster Tony Ford Spud Parker Anthony Green Jimmy Peter Kerr Alife Rawlings Margot Lister Mrs Cooper, the Matron Tony Lyons Basher Walker Clive Marshall Harry Donald McCorkindale Fatty Matthews Norman Osborne Sparrow Thompson Roy Purcell James Togson, a Housemaster Brian Rawlinson Plato Cartwright Brian Roper Gormy Evans Nicholas Stevenson Jackie Knowles Julian Strickland Bossy Phillips
Additional details
- Play tags
- adolescence; crime; prison
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 18 May 1956 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing on p. 21; version of the play as a one-page short story on p. 30
- Title
- Thirteen Boys Set a High Standard: Striking Acting in a Play about Borstal (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Bernard Levin (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 26 May 1956, p. 3
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