Mother of Men
- Summary
- 1959 BBC Television production of the comedy Mother of Men by Ada G. Abbott, from the BBC’s television studio in Scotland. The play was originally set in England but this has been changed to the west coast of Scotland.
- Theatre play
- Mother of Men by Ada G. Abbott [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 4 June 1959
- Time
- 8.45-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Pharic Maclaren
- Playwright
- Ada G. Abbott
- Designer
- Robert Macgowan
- Cast
Tom Conti David Macdonald Jean Faulds Susan Macrae Helena Gloag Betty Macdonald Gwynneth Guthrie Rose Petrie John MacKenzie Malcolm Macdonald Toni McGettigan Jessie Macrae William Simpson Iain Macdonald Aileen Wilson Fiona Macneil John Young Duncan Cameron
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- comedy; marriage; Scotland, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- Mother of Men: Strategic Setting in Scotland (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Times, 5 June 1959, p. 4
- Title
- Radio Times, 29 May 1959 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 19
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