Ladies in Waiting

Summary

1939 BBC Television studio production of Cyril Campion’s thriller Ladies in Waiting.

Theatre play

Ladies in Waiting by Cyril Campion [more information]

Play synopsis

A female detective tries to discover which of six women intends to murder a bride on the eve of her wedding. Setting: a lonely house on a Yorkshire moor.

Production history

Performed at the Shilling Theatre, Fulham and the Westminster, 1934. Published London: Samuel French, 1934.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 22 February 1939

Time

9.00-10.40pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Michael Barry

Playwright

Cyril Campion

Cast

Stella Bonheur	Dora Lester
Joan Craft	Maud
Barbara Everest	Lady Evelyn Spate
Elizabeth Kentish	Phil Blakeney
Gwen Nelson	Mrs Dawson
Nancy O’Neil	Una Verity
Elaine Wodson	Pamela Darke
Marguerite Young	Janet Garner

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Monday 27 February 1939.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

marriage; murder; north of England, as theme or setting; thriller

Print sources

Title

Broadcasting: Orchestral Concert (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Times, 22 February 1939, p. 10

Title

Radio Times, 17 February 1939 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 16