Don Juan

Summary

1946 BBC live studio production of James Elroy Flecker’s drama Don Juan.

Theatre play

Don Juan by James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915) [more information]

Play synopsis

The action of the play takes place on board a ship, on the coast of Wales, and in London in the summer of 1911. '[This] is a new version of the old story of Don Juan killing his betrothed’s father and finally being pulled down to hell by the statue of that worthy citizen, which he has invited to dinner’ (Stephen Williams, ‘Don Juan - Modern Idealist’, Radio Times, 11 October 1946, p. 30).

Production history

Published London: Heinemann, 1925.

Date of transmission

Sunday 13 October 1946

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Desmond Davis

Playwright

James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915)

Adapted for Television by

Desmond Davis

Composer

Alfred Reynolds

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Cast

Basil Appleby
Nicolette Bernard	Tisbea
Nigel Clarke [or Clark]	Don Pedro
Basil Cunard
Richard Hurndall	Charley
Stuart Kern
David King-Wood	Don Juan
Pauline Letts	Lady Anna
Ronald Mansell
Stephen Murray	Lord Framlingham
Barbara Nixon
Rosemary Scott	Lady Isabella
Julian Somers	Owen Jones

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Wednesday 16 October 1946.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

Edwardian drama; sea-faring; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 11 October 1946 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and article by Stephen Williams, ‘Don Juan - Modern Idealist’, p. 30