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  • william warren November 8, 2011 at 10:48pm

    Hi David. From where this info came I cannot remember. My guess would be the Radio Times.

     


    Broadcast: 17th
    February 1968 @ 8:30 p.m.


    In October 1949, on the eve of her beloved son's
    society wedding, the highly respected Alicia Christie makes one defiant
    criminal gesture - a cry for help - when she steals a black chiffon nightdress
    from a reputable department store. This play is a psychological study of a
    woman driven finally to the edge due to the accumulative stresses and strains
    placed upon her by her demanding and divided family.

     

    The action of the play takes place over three days
    in October 1949. The play opens in the drawing room of the Christie's house on
    Chelsea Embankment in London. It's a mellow, comfortable room that's been lived
    in for a long time. Its windows look out over the river and the distant trees
    in Battersea Park are red and golden in the sunshine. It's Monday afternoon.

     

    Adaptation by Mollie Hardwick of Lesley Storm's 1949
    play, "Black Chiffon".

     

    With Flora Robson [Alicia Christie], Stephen Murray
    [Robert Christie, Alicia's Husband], John Glen [Dr. Bennett Hawkins, the
    Psychiatrist], Gabrielle Blunt [Thea Hopkins, Alicia's Pregnant Daughter],
    Rosalind Shanks [Louise Flecher, Roy's Fiancee], Alexander John [Roy Christie,
    Alicia's Son], and Marjorie Westbury [Nannie].



    Produced by Joe Burroughs

     

    Re-boadcast on Monday 28th July 1975

     





     

    • David Holman > william warren November 9, 2011 at 2:31am

      Thanks William. The Radio Listings page didn't have much info,so much appreciated!

      David

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