Prison Without Bars (1939)
1939 BBC studio production of Peggy Barwell’s play Prison without Bars, set in a girls’ reformatory, which was adapted from a German play by Gina Kaus and Otto Edgar Eis. An inmate of a girl's reformatory competes with its superintendent for the affections of its young doctor.
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Nova Pilbeam as |
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Jill Esmond as |
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Sebastian Shaw as |
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Margaret Yarde as |
| Production | Moultrie Kelsall | Producer |
| Writing | Peggy Barwell | Writer |