St Patrick’s Day; or, The Scheming Lieutenant

Summary

1961 BBC production for schools of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s farce St Patrick’s Day.

Theatre play

St Patrick’s Day; or, The Scheming Lieutenant by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) [more information]

Play synopsis

This farce ‘exists very much in the mode of The Rivals and endeavors to amuse audiences with its affable, if preposterous, characters’ (source: http://www.enotes.com/topics/richard-brinsley-sheridan/critical-essays/sheridan-richard-brinsley).

Production history

Richard Brinsley Sheridan wrote the play for a benefit performance in May 1775 given for the actor Lawrence Clinch, who had played Sir Lucius O’Trigger in the successful premiere of Sheridan’s The Rivals.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 10 October 1961

Time

2.05-2.35pm

Series

Schools

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Rosemary Hill

Playwright

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

Designer

Gordon Roland

Cast

Dixon Adams	Soldier
Anthony Broughton	Soldier
Annette Crosbie	Lauretta
Peter Duguid	Justice Credulous
John Gill	Dr Rosy
John Line	Soldier
Constance Lorne	Mrs Credulous
Colin Rix	Flint
Henry Soskin	Trounce
Bruce Wightman	Servant
John Woodvine	Lieutenant

Additional details

Play tags

18th-century setting; farce; military / army / navy / air-force

Programme context tags

schools television programming

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 5 October 1961 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 31