Two Gentlemen of Soho

Summary

1939 studio production of A. P. Herbert’s one-act play Two Gentlemen of Soho.

Theatre play

Two Gentlemen of Soho by A. P. Herbert [more information]

Play synopsis

A one-act play in verse. The scene is The Colts and Fillies, a night club in Soho. The theme is modern, but clothed in Shakespearean language.

Production history

Published in 1927 and performed at least as early as then in 1927 (at the Liverpool Playhouse: see http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/herbert-a-p.html#88075, accessed 20 November 2012) and in 1930 (by the Questors at the Park Theatre, Hanwell: see http://archive.questors.org.uk/prods/1930/soho/page.html, accessed 20 Novemebr 2012).

Date of transmission

Friday 28 April 1939

Time

9.50-10.25pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Stephen Thomas

Playwright

A. P. Herbert

Cast

Robert Atkins (1886-1972)
Olga Edwardes
Barbara Everest
Roy Graham
Nadine March
Charles Peters
Harold Scott

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.45pm on Monday 1 May 1939.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

verse drama

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 21 April 1939 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 17