Armchair Theatre The Rat Wife (Season 2, Episode 32)
TV Episode | Drama

Armchair Theatre

The Rat Wife (Season 2, Episode 32)

TV Episode | Drama

A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.

Director

Stuart Latham

Writers

Henrik Ibsen (play "Lille Eyolf") | Michael Meyer (translation)

Production Designer

Voytek

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 20, 1958

Release date

Apr 20, 1958 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

4 wins

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Cast	+ Add Cast
7 cast members

Name	Known for
Nigel Anthony Little Eyolf Little Eyolf See fewer	Outbreak of Murder (1962)
John Carson Borghem Borghem See fewer	Doomsday (I) (2008)
Joan Heath Old Woman Old Woman See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Patricia Heneghan Rita Allmers Rita Allmers See fewer	Microbes and Men (1974)
Neil McCallum Alfred Allmers Alfred Allmers See fewer	The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965)
Mary Peach Asta Asta See fewer	Cutthroat Island (1995)
Jimmy Ray Eyolf Eyolf See fewer	Armchair Theatre (1956)