MASTERPIECE THEATRE: CAKES AND ALE {EPISODE 3} (TV)
Summary
Part three of this three-part dramatization of the novel by W. Somerset Maugham about a promiscuous English barmaid named Rosie Gann and the men in her life. In this portion, Willie Ashenden recalls how Rosie left Edward Driffield to go to America with her longtime lover, George Kemp, and how Driffield met the second Mrs. Driffield. The program concludes as Ashenden journeys to New York, where his play is being produced on Broadway. While in New York, he tracks down Rosie and tries to convince her to return to England so that he can write her side of the Driffield biography. Rosie refuses, but tells Ashenden the secret reason that she left Driffield to come to America with George Kemp. (This copy of this program does not include commentary by Alistair Cooke.)
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: April 18, 1976 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:52:26
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0943
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1971-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Richard Beynon … Producer
- Bill Hays … Director
- W. Somerset Maugham … Based on the Novel by
- Harry Green … Adapted by
- Bill Southgate … Music by
- Michael Hordern … Cast, Willie Ashenden
- Judy Cornwell … Cast, Rosie Gann
- Peter Jeffrey … Cast, Alroy Kear
- Paul Aston … Cast, Young Willie
- James Grout … Cast, Lord George Kemp
- Mike Pratt … Cast, Edward Driffield
- Lynn Farleigh … Cast, Amy Driffield
- Madge Ryan … Cast, Mrs. Barton Trafford
- John Quarmby … Cast, Allgood Newton
- Barbara Atkinson … Cast, Miss Fellowes
- Eileen Helsby … Cast, Mary-Ann
- Clive Graham … Cast, Harry Retford
- Diana Lambert … Cast, the Landlady