Ninety Sail
Ninety Sail

Ninety Sail (1954)


Ninety Sail

Samuel Pepys

Channel BBC Television
Broadcast Date 17 October 1954
Broadcast time 20:30:00
Length (minutes) 90
Black and White No
Series Unknown
Episode
Broadcast Notes

Second broadcast on 21 October 1954.

Description A comedy by W. P. Lipscomb based on Arthur Bryant's book 'Samuel Pepys'. The action of the play takes place in the Palace of Charles II; a wharf-side; the Navy Office; the Tower of London; the House of Commons; and the deck of the Royal Charles Time, 1670. Pinter was contracted for 'First Official, & double if required.' He was paid twenty-six guineas.
Language English

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Linked People

W. P. Lipscomb

Creative | Adaptor of Script


Harry Clayton

Production | Producer


Stephen Bundy

Creative | Designer


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Characters

King Charles II (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Reginald Tate

Neil Gwyn (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Daphne Anderson

Sir Edmund Godfrey (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: John Stuart

Sir Richard Ford (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Joss Ambler

The Earl of Shaftesbury (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Henry Oscar

John Huff (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Michael Brennan

Mr Samuel Pepys (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Mervyn Johns

James, Duke of York (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Peter Copley

Chiffinch (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Donald Eccles

Mr Hayter (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Richard Wattis

Mr Hayter (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Richard Wattis

Captain Priestman (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Colin Douglas

Stapeley (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Beckett Bould

Titus Oates (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Campbell Gray

Louise de Querouaille (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Susan Lyall-Grant

Skelton (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: J. Leslie Frith

First Offical (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

As David Baron.

Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Second Official (Ninety Sail) (Age: Not Specified)

Performer: Richard Wade

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Sources

Ninety Sail contract

BBC WAC Pinter files, TVART1

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