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]
Play synopsis: This is a wildly insane play, and not typically Shavian. Lady Magnesia is preparing for bed when her husband tries to come in and kill her. But in the psychedelic light her lover appears and is promptly poisoned by her husband. The antidote to the poison is lime, so he starts eating the ceiling’s plaster and turns into a statue. The normality of the cuckoo clock returns after lightning kills the interloping doctor, policeman and landlord. (Source: Samuel French synopsis, http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/3186/passion-poison-and-petrifaction, accessed 18 April 2014.)
Production history: Written in 1905.
Date of transmission: Friday 9 June 1939
Time: 9.55-10.25pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

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[George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

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