Square Pegs

Summary

1939 BBC studio production of Lionel Brown’s comedy Square Pegs.Three of the cast from the first theatrical production in 1937 - Marjorie Mars, Hilary Eaves and J. B. Rowe - appeared in the television production.

Theatre play

Square Pegs by Lionel Brown [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy. A provincial doctor, who is a widower, leaves his house in the care of three very different daughters. Initially, the house under the care of the well-meaning middle daughter is a mess, and things only improve when the other two daughters take charge.

Production history

First performed at the ‘Q’ Theatre, London in October 1937.

Date of transmission

Monday 16 January 1939

Time

3.00-4.30pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)

Playwright

Lionel Brown

Cast

Elizabeth Arkell
A. Bromley-Davenport
Hilary Eaves
Judith Gick
Gerald Jerome
Desmond Keith
Mary Lennox
Jack Livesey
Marjorie Mars
Kenneth Morgan
J. B. Rowe

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 9.00pm on Wednesday 25 January 1939 and at 9.00pm on Monday 27 February (with James Mason in the role first taken by Jack Livesey).

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

Broadcasting: Robert Burns (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Times, 25 January 1939, p. 18

Title

Radio Times, 13 January 1939 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 16