The Day is Gone

Summary

1939 BBC studio production of The Day is Gone by Warren Chetham-Strode.

Theatre play

The Day is Gone by Warren Chetham-Strode (1896-1974) [more information]

Play synopsis

A play in three acts about the late punishment of the seaside chemist Stanley Thatcher whose murder of his first wife Mabel went undetected.

Production history

Produced at the Embassy Theatre in 1937 (see The Times, 14 September 1937, p. 10) and published in 1938.

Date of transmission

Thursday 3 August 1939

Time

3.00-4.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Royston Morley

Playwright

Warren Chetham-Strode (1896-1974)

Cast

Erik Chitty (1907-1977)	Radio Announcer’s Voice
Raymond Huntley	Stanley Thatcher
Olga Lindo	Mabel Thatcher
Lucy Sibley	Miss Tuttle
Torin Thatcher	Ernest Webb
Valerie Tudor	Rosie Spiller
Arthur Wontner	Major Warminside

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

murder; science

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 28 July 1939 (Magazine)

Linking notes

lsiting, p. 17