The Man with a Load of Mischief

Summary

1946 BBC live studio production of Ashley Dukes’ comedy The Man with a Load of Mischief.

Theatre play

The Man with a Load of Mischief by Ashley Dukes (1885-1959) [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in a remote English country inn around 1800, this comedy concerns the guests who appear to be a nobleman and his manservant and a lady with her maid.

Production history

First published in September 1924; performed at the New Theatre, London, December 1924

Date of transmission

Thursday 21 November 1946

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Michael Barry

Playwright

Ashley Dukes (1885-1959)

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Cast

Vera Cook	Lady’s Maid
Leo de Pokorny	An Innkeeper
Louise Hampton	Innkeeper’s Wife
Joan Maude	A Lady
Andrew Osborn	A Nobleman’s Man
André Van Gyseghem	A Nobleman

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Friday 22 November 1946.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 15 November 1946 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 36