John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen The ATV television production broadcast live on Channel Nine, at 8.30pm on Wednesday 20th November, 1958

The first of a series of clippings from the Daily Sketch, which testifies to the popular appeal of the event. A potential audience figure of 12 million was suggested in one of the press articles, at a time when the television set was not the ubiquitous item of furniture it is today.