BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960. It was broadcast on what was then BBC Television (now BBC One).
The series often included versions of modern theatrical successes, but original work appeared in the slot too. David Mercer's A Suitable Case for Treatment (1962) was later adapted as the feature film Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966),Janet Moat Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), BFI screenonline while Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) starred the then little known Bob Dylan.
The series ended in 1963. Out of a run of 138 episodes, only 15 are believed to survive.Missing or incomplete episodes for programme The Sunday Night Play, lostshows.com
Episodes 29 April 1962, John Galsworthy's Loyalties, a tale of upper class anti-semitism, with Peter Wyngarde as Ferdinand de Levis, Keith Michell as Dancy, Jennifer Wright as Mabel Dancy, Felix Aylmer as Canynge, David Garth as Graviter, Jack Watling as Winsor, Austin Trevor as Lord St Erth, Oliver Johnston as Twisden, Diana Hope as Lady Adela, and Geoffrey Denys as Treisure."WEEK-END PLAYBILL", Liverpool Echo, Saturday 28 April 1962, p. 2
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The Sunday-Night Play, BFI Film and Television Database