The Hollow Crown (Armchair Theatre)

"The Hollow Crown"
Armchair Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 6
Directed byJohn Knight
Written byH.V. Kershaw
Based onstage play by Harry Kershaw
Original air dateOctober 6, 1956 (1956-10-06)

The Hollow Crown is a 1956 British TV play based on a stage play.[1]

Plot

An exiled king tries to return to his country, now run by communists.

Cast

  • Linda Gray as Countess Illona
  • Valerie Hanson as Queen Helga
  • Peter Illing as Count Janek
  • Ronald Lewis as King Mark
  • Margaretta Scott as Queen Marya the Queen Mother
  • Anatole Smirnoff as Valenski
  • Leonard White as Captain Konanyi

Reception

The Evening Standard called it "an excellent play".[2]

"Mr Kershaw should write again for TV," said the Manchester Evening News.[3]

The Daily Telegraph felt "Ronald Lewis saved the plot from bathos."[4]

References

  1. ^ "Amateur stage". Manchester Evening News. 14 September 1956. p. 3.
  2. ^ "TV Guest critic". Evening Standard. 8 October 1956. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Hidden talent". Manchester Evening News. 8 October 1956. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Television". The Daily Telegraph. 8 October 1956. p. 9.
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