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The Fortrose Incident

Summary
1959 BBC Television production of J. B. Priestley’s Home is Tomorrow, under the title The Fortrose Incident.
Theatre play
Home is Tomorrow by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 10 May 1959
Time
8.00pm (90 mins)
Series
Sunday-Night Theatre
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Naomi Capon
Playwright
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)
Designer
Stephen Bundy
Dances Arranged by
Harold Holmes
Dancer
David Berahzer
Dancer
Anita Farr
Dancer
Richardina Jackson
Dancer
Bari Johnson
Dancer
Elroy Joseph
Dancer
Abul Lafleur
Dancer
Naida Lane
Dancer
Ken McGregor
Cast
Michael AldridgeSir Edward Fortrose
Phil BrownNils Dayton
Aleksander BrowneISlander
Mark DignamSir George Surrey
Margaret Freemanunnamed part
Ali Gandaunnamed part
Astley Harveyunnamed part
Geoffrey HibbertProfessor Chu
Helen HortonAnn Westfield
David LanderDr Merzheim
Richard LeechVezabar
Barry LettsLerma
David Ludmanunnamed part
Marne MaitlandLouis Riberac
Rosalind Nunezunnamed part
Zorenah OsborneRosa Olacca
Ilarrio Pedrounnamed part
George PravdaDr Melnik
Roma Richardsunnamed part
Dorothy Robsonunnamed part
Michael SeaverKaram
Elizabeth SellarsLady Fortrose
Eric ThompsonFelipe
June Vivianunnamed part

Additional details

Play tags
Caribbean, as theme or setting; politics

Print sources

Title
Fortrose Incident: Priestley on Television (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Times, 11 May 1959, p. 3
Title
Radio Times, 8 May 1959 (Magazine)
Linking notes
illustrated article and listing, p. 11
Title
Rough Island Story (Magazine review)
Author/creator
Ivor Brown (Reviewer)
Reference
The Listener, 14 May 1959, pp. 860-61

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