The Followers

Summary

1939 BBC studio production of Harold Brighouse’s play Followers, based on a scene from Mrs Gaskell’s novel Cranford.

Theatre play

Followers by Harold Brighouse (1882-1958) [more information]

Play synopsis

A one-act play based on a scene from Mrs Gaskell’s novel Cranford. The scene is Miss Baines’ parlour in June 1859.

Production history

First performed in 1915.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 6 June 1939

Time

9.25-9.55pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Lanham Titchener

Playwright

Harold Brighouse (1882-1958)

Original Book by

Elizabeth Gaskell

Cast

Marjorie Lane	Susan Crowther
Marjorie Mars	Helen Masters
Austin Trevor	Colonel Redfern

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; adaptation of novel

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 2 June 1939 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 16