The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
A Night Out (1960)
A Night Out (1960)
| Channel | ITV |
| Broadcast Date | 24 April 1960 |
| Broadcast time | 21:05:00 |
| Length (minutes) | |
| Black and White | Yes |
| Series | Armchair Theatre |
| Episode | |
| Broadcast Notes | |
| Description | A Night Out was first performed on BBC Radio on 1 March 1960 and it was televised in the Armchair Theatre series (ABC for ITV) the following month on 24 April 1960. |
| Language | English |
Linked Productions
No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.
Linked People
Philip Saville (1930 - 2016)
Creative | Director
Sydney Newman (1917 - 1997)
Production | Producer
Assheton Gorton (1930 - 2014)
Creative | Designer
Linked Organisations
ABC Television (Production Company | Est. Unknown)
Characters
Albert Stokes (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Tom Bell
Mrs Stokes (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Madge Ryan
Seeley (Age: Not specified, Male)
Listed under the name 'David Baron'.
Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)
Kedge (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Philip Locke
Mr King (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Arthur Lowe (1915 - 1982)
Gidney (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Stanley Meadows
Barman (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Edmond Bennett
Old Man (A Night Out) (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Gordon Phillott
Joyce (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Jose Read
Eileen (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Maria Lennard
Mr Ryan (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Edward Malin
Horne (Age: Not specified, Male)
Performer: Stanley Segal
Barrow (Age: Not specified, Male)
Hall had played the Barman in the BBC radio production broadcast the month before. He went on to play Kedge in the stage debut in 1961.
Performer: Walter Hall (1931)
Girl, The (Age: Not specified, Female)
Performer: Vivien Merchant (1929 - 1982)
Linked Awards
No award have been added to this production record yet.
Resources
‘Philip Saville (1930-2016)‘, Lez Cooke, Forgotten Television Drama, 28 December 2016 (URL)
Type: Blog post
External Link: https://forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/philip-saville-1930-2016/
Sources
A Night Out listing
TV Times, 24 April 1960, p. 25
Magazine
A Night Out article
TV Times, 24 April 1960, p. 20
Magazine
A Night Out recording
Armchair Theatre, 4-Disc Set (UK: Network): Volume 3: Disc 1
DVD
'Television and Radio: Rope's End and Stop Watch', by Maurice Richardson
The Observer, 1 May 1960, p. 19
Newspaper review
Michael Billington's biography of Harold Pinter
Michael Billington, Harold Pinter, 2nd edn (London: Faber & Faber, 2007)
Biography
Mentioned on pp. 110-113.
'Night Out, A (1960)', by Mark Duguid
BFI Screenonline
Website
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/946293/index.html (accessed 6 June 2018)