The Shop at Sly Corner

Summary

1946 BBC live studio presentation of Henry Kendall’s production of Edward Percy’s thriller, The Shop at Sly Corner, then running at St Martin’s Theatre. It was presented on television by arrangement with Jack De Leon and Bright Enterprises Ltd (Radio Times, 19 July 1946, p. 25).

Theatre play

The Shop at Sly Corner by Edward Percy [more information]

Play synopsis

An ex-convict runs a London antique shop as a cover for his secret operations, strangling an assistant who discovers him and poisoning himself in haste when he thinks a police inspector has caught on to him.

Production history

First performed at St Martin’s Theatre, London on 11 April 1945.

Date of transmission

Sunday 21 July 1946

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

S. E. Reynolds

Theatre Producer

Henry Kendall

Playwright

Edward Percy

Cast

Jean Colin	Margaret Heiss
Kenneth Griffith	Archie Fellowes
Deryck Guyler	John Elliot
Keneth Kent	Descius Heiss
Viola Lyel	Mathilde Heiss
Charles Murray	Steve Hubbard
William Roderick	Robert Graham
Deirdre Stewart	Joan Deal
Jack Vyvyan	Corder Morris
Vivienne Whitaker	Mrs Catt

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

crime; murder; thriller

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 19 July 1946 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 25