The Fifty Mark

Summary

1955 BBC Television studio production of The Fifty Mark, a comedy by Dan Sutherland.

Theatre play

The Fifty Mark by Dan Sutherland [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy in which a senior clerk in a city firm has his long-held hopes of being promoted to General Manager dashed, just before he is to turn fifty. A much junior man is preferred for the post. Having devoted all his energies to the firm for twenty-seven years, John Meredith now looks to put himself before the firm and considers helping himself to the firm’s assets.

Production history

The Times of 18 June 1951, p. 2 reviews a performance of the play by the Repertory Players at the Comedy Theatre, London.

Date of transmission

Sunday 9 January 1955

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Harold Clayton

Playwright

Dan Sutherland

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Cast

Barbara Cavan	Aunt Stella
Mercy Haystead	Carol Meredith
James Hayter	John Meredith
Gillian Lind	Lucy Meredith
William Lucas	Roy Clarke
Vivien Merchant	Elsa Perkins
Philip Stainton	Uncle Ted
Lockwood West	George Brander

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

economic affairs; generational relations or conflict

Print sources

Title

A-Groving Once Too Often (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Manchester Guardian, 10 January 1955, p. 3

Title

Consistently Agreeable (Magazine review)

Author/creator

Ivor Brown (Author)

Reference

The Listener, 13 January 1955, p. 84

Notes

With a production photograph on p. 83

Linking notes

with production photograph on p. 85

Title

Radio Times, 7 January 1955 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and brief article, p. 14

Title

Weekend Broadcasting (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 8 January 1955, p. 2