Love from a Stranger

Summary

1958 BBC Television production of Love from a Stranger by Frank Vosper.

Theatre play

Love from a Stranger by Frank Vosper [more information]

Play synopsis

Love from a Stranger is a play based on Philomel Cottage, a 1924 short story by British mystery writer Agatha Christie. The plot concerns Alix, a woman in her mid-thirties, her long-time boyfriend Dick and new lover Gerald. Alix discovers that Gerald is a suspected murderer and she fears for her life and that of Dick, who is about to visit. The action takes place in Cecily Harrington’s flat in London and at a country cottage.

Production history

Premiered at Wyndham’s Theatre, London on 2 February 1936. Published by Collins in the same year.

Date of transmission

Friday 26 December 1958

Time

9.50pm (90 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Adrian Brown

Playwright

Frank Vosper

Writer

Agatha Christie

Designer

Frederick Knapman

Cast

Clare Austin	Cecily Harrington
Gladys Boot	Miss Garrard
David Crosse	Nigel Lawrence
Elizabeth James	Mavis Wilson
Emrys Jones	Bruce Lovell
John Ruddock	Hodgson
John Wentworth	Dr Gribble
Susan Westerby	Ethel

Additional details

Play tags

adaptation of short story; murder; thriller

Print sources

Title

A Great Piece of Acting (Magazine review)

Reference

The Listener, 1 January 1959, pp. 34-35

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

listing, p. 21