The Black Eye

Summary

1955 BBC Television production of The Black Eye by James Bridie, from the BBC’s television studios in Scotland.

Theatre play

The Black Eye by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]

Play synopsis

The action takes place in Glasgow over three October days. Time: the present. The character George sports the black eye of the title and how and why he came by this injury is the focus of this play: George is in love with Elspeth, the woman his brother Johnnie hopes to wed.

Production history

First produced in the Shaftesbury Theatre, London in 1935 (source: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/bridie-james.html#143450).

Date of transmission

Thursday 25 December 1958

Time

10.10pm (90 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Campbell Logan

Playwright

James Bridie (1888-1951)

Designer

Robert Macgowan

Cast

Charles Baptiste	A Waiter
Dorothy Bibby	an unnamed part
Leslie Blackater	an unnamed part
Meg Buchanan	Mrs Scoullar
Maitland Dalglish	an unnamed part
Rosemary Eadie	an unnamed part
Tom Fidelo	an unnamed part
Ethel Glendinning	Mrs Windlestraw
Gwynneth Guthrie	Connie
Margery Harris	an unnamed part
Claire Isbister	an unnamed part
David Kossof	Samuel Samuels
John MacRitchie	an unnamed part
James MacTaggart	George
Donald Mainwaring	an unnamed part
Glen Mazen	an unnamed part
Toni McGettigan	an unnamed part
David Mowat	McGillivray
Deidre Murray	Katie
Michael O’Halloran	Angus Windlestraw
Keith Richardson	an unnamed part
June Shields	Louie
Robert Urquhart	Johnnie
David Webster	an unnamed part
Aileen Wilson	Elspeth Crawford

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

Scotland, as theme or setting; Scottish drama

Print sources

Title

Broadcast Programmes For Three Days (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Times, 24 December 1958, p. 4

Title

Radio Times, 19 December 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, p. 9; listing, p. 19