Meeting at Night

Summary

1959 BBC Television production of Meeting at Night by James Bridie, from the BBC’s television studio in Scotland.

Theatre play

Meeting at Night by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]

Play synopsis

Hector Maclachlan saves Connie Triple from an encounter with a drunkard. He sees her safely home where he meets her father from whom he begins to feel he should protect her as well.

Production history

First produced at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in May 1954. Source: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/bridie-james.html#4688.

Date of transmission

Thursday 2 April 1959

Time

8.45pm (75 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

James MacTaggart

Playwright

James Bridie (1888-1951)

Designer

Robert Macgowan

Cast

Andrew Cruickshank	George Triple
Gordon Jackson	Hector Maclachlan
Roddy McMillan	Sandys
Michael O’Halloran	Inspector Flatt
Maud Risdon	Mrs Maclachlan
June Thorburn	Connie Triple

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

Scottish drama

Print sources

Title

Play Of Broken Promises (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 3 April 1959, p. 14

Title

Radio Times, 27 March 1959 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, article and photograph on p. 19

Title

Scientist and Charlatan (Magazine review)

Author/creator

Ivor Brown (Reviewer)

Reference

The Listener, 9 April 1959, p. 645