Night on the Highway

Summary

1960 BBC production of Night on the Highway by Renato Lelli, starring Isa Miranda in the role she created when the play premiered on the Italian stage, and which she reprised for Italian television and in the film version.

Theatre play

Night on the Highway [Sulle Strade di Notte] by Renato Lelli [more information]

Play synopsis

The play explores the conflict between three contrasting characters - the stern barrister Valerio Rossello, his smart and sophisticated wife Lucia and their son Maurizio, a sulky, disillusioned young man who longs for violence and power.

Production history

The Radio Times of 11 March 1960, p. 4 dates the premiere of the play on the Italian stage to a few years before.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 15 March 1960

Time

8.15-9.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

George R. Foa

Playwright

Renato Lelli

Adapted for Television by

George R. Foa

Translator

George R. Foa

Designer

Tony Abbott

Cast

Kenneth Cope	Maurizio Rossello
Isa Miranda	Lucia Rossello
George Pravda	Valerio Rossello
Richard Statman	Mario’s Voice

Additional details

Play tags

Italian drama

Audiovisual sources

Title

Night on the Highway (BBC, 1960)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 11 March 1960 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, article and photograph on p. 15; article, p. 4