Hay Fever
- Summary
- 1938 BBC studio production of Noël Coward’s comedy Hay Fever, presented on Christmas Day.
- Theatre play
- Hay Fever by Noël Coward (1899-1973) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 25 December 1938
- Time
- 9.05-11.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Reginald Smith
- Playwright
- Noël Coward (1899-1973)
- Sets / Settings
- Malcolm Baker-Smith
- Cast
Veronica Brady Clara John Byron Sandy Tyrrell Kitty de Legh Judith Bliss Maurice Denham David Bliss Fabia Drake Myra Arundel Olga Edwardes Sorel Bliss Noel Howlett Richard Greatham Jenny [Jeannie?] Laird Jackie Coryton Guy Verney Simon Bliss
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 3.00pm on Friday 30 December 1938.
- Notes
- This was the first full-length Noël Coward play to be televised.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- comedy; farce
Print sources
- Title
- Broadcasting Programmes: Christmas in Europe (Newspaper listing)
- Reference
- The Times, 24 December 1938, p. 5
- Title
- Radio Times, 23 December 1938 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 38
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