The Princess and the Woodcutter

Summary

1947 BBC live studio production of The Princess and the Woodcutter, which was Act 1 of A. A. Milne’s play for children Make-Believe.

Theatre play

Make-Believe by A. A. Milne (1882-1956) [more information]

Play synopsis

Subtitled ‘A Children’s Play in a Prologue and Three Acts’. Act 1 is The Princess and the Woodcutter; Act 2, Oliver’s Island; and Act 3, Father Christmas and the Hubbard Family. The prologue features a group of children who imagine a play for themselves in which there are scenes from a fairy tale.

Production history

Written in 1918.

Date of transmission

Sunday 19 January 1947

Time

3.00-3.30pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)

Playwright

A. A. Milne (1882-1956)

Cast

Barbara Birkinshaw	Attendant
Jacqueline Boiteux	Attendant
Graveley Edwards	The King
John Mackwood	The Red Prince
Jill Mason	Attendant
Elizabeth Maude	The Queen
Nicholas Parsons	The Woodcutter
Ronald Sidney	The Blue Prince
Josephine Stuart	The Princess
Desmond Walter-Ellis	The Yellow Prince
Pamela White	Attendant

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

children’s drama

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 17 January 1947 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 35