Tobias and the Angel

Summary: 1939 BBC live studio presentation of James Bridie’s comedy Tobias and the Angel, Frank Napier’s stage revival of the play that was currently running at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
Theatre play: Tobias and the Angel by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]
Play synopsis: Comedy. ‘Tobias is the son of Tobit, a blind old Jewish beggar who lives in a hovel in Nineveh with his wife Anna. The disguised archangel Raphael, who has been hospitably received by Tobit, volunteers to accompany Tobias on a journey to Media. They stop in Ecbatana at the home of Sarah, whom Tobias marries despite a warning that seven previous bridegrooms were murdered by the demon Asmoday (Asmodeus). After driving off this menace, Raphael escorts the couple to Nineveh, where he cures Tobit’s blindness. Raphael then reveals himself as the mighty Archangel and disappears.'
(http://www.4-wall.com/authors/authors_b/bridie/tobias_angels.htm; accessed 10 January 2014)
Production history: First performed in Cambridge in November 1930.
Date of transmission: Sunday 13 August 1939
Time: 9.05-10.20pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC
Theatre company: [choose none of these]

Producer

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Theatre Producer

Frank Napier

Playwright

James Bridie (1888-1951)

Cast

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