This hour-long series was broadcast most Sunday evenings from 25 February to 6 May 1973, generally at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) except the final broadcast was aired at 8:00 p.m. Some dramas were based on characters such as
Dracula and
Sweeney Todd while others were adapted from such works as "
The Bells",
Box and Cox,
The Corsican Brothers and
The Lyons Mail. Actors seen in this series included
Kay Hawtrey,
Barry Morse and
Chris Wiggins.
Purple Playhouse was named by
Fletcher Markle as the phrase represents melodrama from Victorian times. ==References==