The Ringer

Summary: 1939 BBC studio production of The Ringer by Edgar Wallace, in a version for the stage adapted from his own novel. This production appears to be a further presentation of the 1938 broadcast, but with a sufficiently different cast for it to be regarded as a separate production.
Theatre play: The Ringer by Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'The Ringer is an elusive criminal, reported dead in Australia but now thought to be alive in London. Scotland Yard know the Ringer had left his sister in the care of unscrupulous lawyer Maurice Meister and that she was later found drowned, so they warn Meister that the Ringer is in London. A police guard is set up around his house and, surrounded by burglar alarms, he waits for further news; no intruder could possibly enter. As tension mounts, it seems increasingly clear that the Ringer is one of the people in the close circle around Meister...but which one?' (Source: ‘Edgar Wallace Presents: The Ringer, http://networkonair.com/shop/1822-edgar-wallace-presents-the-ringer-5027626398248.html, accessed 22 March 2014.)
Production history: Stage adaptation by Edgar Wallace of his own novel (published in 1925) that premiered at Wyndham’s Theatre on 1 May 1926. Published in 1929 by London: French and New York: Hodder and Stoughton.
Date of transmission: Saturday 19 August 1939
Time: 9.10-10.40pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Playwright

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)

Cast

Peter Ashmore	Benny
Ivor Barnard	Samuel Hackitt
Neville Brook	Colonel Walford
Norman Claridge	John Lenley
Joe Cunningham	Station-Sergeant Carter
Franklin Dyall	Maurice Meister
Richard George	Policeman
Judy Kelly	Cora Ann Milton
Phyllis Morris	Mrs Hackitt
Eric Noels	P. C. Fields
Henry Oscar (1891-1969)	Dr Lomond
Reginald Peldon	Policeman
Lydia Sherwood	Mary Lenley
David Storm	Policeman
Ralph Truman	Central Detective Inspector Bliss
Harold Warrender	Divisional Detective Inspector Wenbury

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