Saturday Playhouse The Distaff Side (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Drama

Saturday Playhouse

The Distaff Side (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Drama

An upper middle-class family is ruled by the ancient and churlish matriarch. Her daughters' marriages are all in jeopardy, with affairs and communions with the dead. It's difficult to find any solitude or sanity in the family.

Writer

John Van Druten

Producer

Archie Campbell

Production Designer

Fanny Taylor

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Updated Jan 18, 1958

Release date

Jan 18, 1958 (United Kingdom)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Mary Ellis Mrs. Millward (Evie) Mrs. Millward (Evie) See fewer	Bella Donna (1934)
Gladys Young Mrs. Venables Mrs. Venables See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Helena Pickard Mrs. Fletcher (Nellie) Mrs. Fletcher (Nellie) See fewer	The Lodger (1944)
Lesley Wareing Mrs. Frobisher (Liz) Mrs. Frobisher (Liz) See fewer	The Terror (1938)
Jean Marlow Rose Rose See fewer	Felicia's Journey (1999)
Annabel Bishop Alex Millward (as Anne Bishop) Alex Millward (as Anne Bishop) See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Rosamund Greenwood Miss Spicer Miss Spicer See fewer	The Witches (1990)
Jeremy Burnham Roland Millward Roland Millward See fewer	The Avengers (1961)
Keith Anderson Toby Chegwidden Toby Chegwidden See fewer	The Possessed (1969)
Donald Price Charles Hubbard Charles Hubbard See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Dorothy Holmes-Gore Miss Venables (Theresa) Miss Venables (Theresa) See fewer	The Third Generation (1915)
Hugh Latimer Christopher Venables Christopher Venables See fewer	The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel (1949)
Hugh Moxey Gilbert Baize (Gillie) Gilbert Baize (Gillie) See fewer	Meet Simon Cherry (1949)