A Touch of the Sun [Act 1]

Summary

1958 BBC production of Act 1 of N. C. Hunter’s A Touch of the Sun, televised directly from the Saville Theatre, London, by arrangement with Tennent Productions Ltd.

Theatre play

A Touch of the Sun by N. C. [Norman Charles] Hunter (1908-1971) [more information]

Play synopsis

Unhappy schoolteacher Philip Lester and his wife are offered the rare treat of a holiday in the South of France. Dour Philip, however, makes his wife and childrens’ break a misery.

Production history

First staged at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool on 6 January 1958 (source: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hunter-n-c.html#17526).

Date of transmission

Tuesday 11 February 1958

Time

8.00-8.40pm

Series

Theatre Night

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Frith Banbury

Television Presentation by

John Vernon

Playwright

N. C. [Norman Charles] Hunter (1908-1971)

Sets / Settings

Reece Pemberton

Cast

Louise Allbritton	Margaret Lester
Dinsdale Landen	John Lester
Anthony Oliver	Denis Lester
Michael Redgrave (1908-1985)	Philip Lester
Vanessa Redgrave	Caroline Lester
Ronald Squire	Robert Lester
James Sutherland	Peter Hudson
Diana Wynyard	Mary Lester

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

France, as theme or setting; marriage

Print sources

Title

A Touch of the Sun, by N. C. Hunter (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

Bernard Levin (Reviewer)

Reference

The Spectator, 7 February 1958, p. 18

Linking notes

n.b. this is a review of the stage production, not the televised excerpt.

Title

Radio Times, 7 February 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and article, pp. 7 and 13