Passion, Poison and Petrifaction
- Summary
- 1939 BBC studio production of Bernard Shaw’s one-act drama Passion, Poison and Petrifaction.
- Theatre play
- Passion, Poison and Petrifaction by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Friday 9 June 1939
- Time
- 9.55-10.25pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Desmond Davis
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Cast
Ivor Barnard The Doctor Frank Birch Fitztollemache Newton Blick Policeman Basil Cunard The Landlord Ena Moon Phyllis Brian Oulton Adolphus Bastable Marda Vanne Lady Magnesia
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 3.25pm on Thursday 15 June 1939.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- murder
Print sources
- Title
- Bernard Shaw and the BBC (Book)
- Author/creator
- L. W. Connolly (Author)
- Reference
- Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008
- Linking notes
- p. 96
- Title
- Radio Times, 2 June 1939 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 17
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