On the Eve of Publication

Overview

TV play by David Mercer. First in a trilogy concerning Marxist novelist Robert Kelvin. The occasion is a dinner party, Kelvin is concerned with a summation of his life, addressed in his head to his lover, Emma.

Cast

Leo McKern

Robert Kelvin

Michele Dotrice

Emma

Rosalind Knight

Barbara

Thorley Walters

Holland

N/A

Pauline Devany

Jane

N/A

Kay Dotrice

Ruth