The Gay Lord Quex

Summary

1953 BBC production of The Gay Lord Quex by Arthur W. Pinero.

Theatre play

The Gay Lord Quex by Arthur W. Pinero (1855-1934) [more information]

Play synopsis

In this comedy a newly engaged aristocrat tries to demonstrate his fidelity to his fiancee while one of his friends tries to urge him to be unfaithful.

Production history

Written and first performed in 1899.

Date of transmission

Sunday 25 January 1953

Time

8.40-10.20pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Royston Morley

Playwright

Arthur W. Pinero (1855-1934)

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Cast

Pamela Barnard	A Maid
Ingrid Burke	Muriel Eden
Bryan Coleman	Captain Bastling
Fiona Fraser	A Young Lady
Helen Goss	Mrs Jack Eden
Joyce Heron	Sophie Fullgarney
Winifred Hill	A Middle-Aged Lady
Pamela Lane	Miss Limbird
Betty Marsden	Miss Huddle
Michael Meacham	A Gentleman
André Morell	The Marquess of Quex
Hugh Munro	A Manservant
Henry Oscar (1891-1969)	Sir Chichester Frayne
Eileen Peel	The Duchess of Strood
Frederick Ross	Bristow
Ruth Taylor	Julia
Eileen Way	Miss Moon
Alan Wheatley	Frank Pollitt ('Valma’)

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 7.30pm on Thursday 25 January 1953.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; adultery / infidelity; comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 23 January 1953 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated listing, with article, p. 14