Frieda

Summary

1946 BBC studio presentation of the current Westminster Theatre production of Frieda by Ronald Millar. It was presented on television ‘by arrangement with Sherek Players Ltd in association with the Arts Council’ (Radio Times, 5 July 1946, p. 25).

Theatre play

Frieda by Ronald Millar [more information]

Play synopsis

Topical drama. The action of the play takes place in the living-room of the Dawsons’ home, on the outskirts of Denbury, a town in Southern England, between Spring 1945 and New Year’s Day, 1946.

Production history

Premiered at the Westminster Theatre in 1946.

Date of transmission

Sunday 7 July 1946

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Harold Clayton

Theatre Producer

Irene Hentschel

Playwright

Ronald Millar

Cast

Jack Allen	Robert Dawson
Barbara Couper	Eleanor Dawson
Barbara Everest	Mrs Mary Dawson
Ursula Howells	Mrs Judy Dawson
Ray Jackson	Tony Dawson
Carl Jaffé	Richard Mansfield
Edgar Norfolk	Rev Francis Munroe
Richard Warner	Tom Merrick
Valerie White	Mrs Robert Dawson (Frieda)

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 5 July 1946 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 25; illustrated article, p. 24