• Source: Carrington V.C. (play)

      • Carrington VC is a 1953 stage play by husband and wife playwrights Campbell and Dorothy Christie. The production premiered on the West End in London at the Westminster Theatre. It was directed by Michael MacOwan and starred Alec Clunes, John Wood, John Garside, Allan Cuthbertson, Lionel Jeffries, and Rachel Gurney. A resounding success, the play was adapted for film in 1954.


      Original cast


      Sergeant Crane - Stuart Saunders
      Lieutenant-Colonel B.R. Reeve, M.C. - Philip Pearman
      Bombardier Owen - Victor Maddern
      Evans - Richard Davies
      Cook - William Abney
      Lieutenant-Colonel M.O. Henniker, O.B.E. - Allan Cuthbertson
      Major H. Maunsell - Mark Dignam
      Captain F.T. Foljambe - Robert Bishop
      Captain C.O.P. Carrington, V.C., D.S.O. - Alec Clunes
      Major J.P. Mitchell, M.C. - John Wood
      A. Tester Terry - John Garside
      Brigadier A.S. Meadmore, O.B.E. - Arnold Bell
      Colonel T.B. Huxford, M.B.E. - Willoughby Gray
      Major R.E. Panton, M.M. - Geoffrey Denys
      Major A.T.M. Broke-Smith - Lionel Jeffreys
      Captain A. Graham, W.R.A.C. - Jenny Laird
      Valerie Carrington - Rachel Gurney


      Adaptations


      In 1954, the play was adapted for the screen by John Hunter, under the direction of Anthony Asquith and producer Teddy Baird. The film was released into theatres by Kingsley-International Pictures in 1955 and starred David Niven and Margaret Leighton.
      In 1957, the play was adapted for radio and broadcast as part of the BBC's long-running Saturday Night Theatre series, with Howard Marion-Crawford as Major Carrington.


      References




      Sources


      1950s British plays

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