The Cat and the Canary
- Summary
- 1959 BBC Television production of The Cat and the Canary by John Willard, from the BBC’s West of England television studio.
- Theatre play
- The Cat and the Canary by John Willard [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Saturday 9 May 1959
- Time
- 8.30pm (75 mins)
- Series
- Saturday Playhouse
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Brandon Acton-Bond
- Playwright
- John Willard
- Adapted for Television by
- Barry Thomas
- Designer
- Desmond Chinn
- Cast
Jack Allen Roger Crosby Angela Crow Cicily Young Alexander Dore Patterson Gretchen Franklin Susan Sillsby Elvi Hale Annabelle West Bob Monkhouse Paul Jones John Stone Charles Wilder Gladys Taylor 'Mammy’ Pleasant Alan Tilvern Harry Blythe Peter Vaughan Hendricks
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- American drama; inheritance; mental health / illness
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 1 May 1959 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 25; article, p. 4
- Title
- Rough Island Story (Magazine review)
- Author/creator
- Ivor Brown (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Listener, 14 May 1959, pp. 860-61
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