Girl in a Bird Cage

"Girl in a Bird Cage"
Armchair Theatre episode
Directed byCharles Jarrott
Written byAnne Burnaby
Original air dateMay 13, 1962 (1962-05-13)
Guest appearances
Brenda Bruce
Janet Munro
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Girl in a Bird Cage is a 1962 episode of Armchair Theatre starring Janet Munro.[1]

Judy Parfitt played a lesbian character which was rare for the time.[2]

Premise

A girl is jailed for stabbing the man she loved. She falls under the influence of another prisoner.

Cast

  • Janet Munro as Juliet
  • Brenda Bruce as Miss Toni Johns
  • Pamela Conway as Cynthia Michaelis
  • Katie Fitzroy as Peggie
  • Judy Parfitt as Toni Jeffries

Reception

"Not a good play," wrote The Observer. "More of a dramatic documentary than anything and as such was spoiled by melodrama and coincidence. But it was very capably produced and very nicely acted. I couldn't take my eyes off."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Doctors, nurses are good TV". The Runcorn Guardian. 10 May 1962. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Thames television". Lincolnshire Echo. 23 August 1962. p. 6.
  3. ^ Richardson, Maurice (20 May 1962). "Television". The Observer. p. 27.