The Voysey Inheritance

Summary

1951 BBC live studio production of Harley Granville-Barker’s drama The Voysey Inheritance.

Theatre play

The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker (1877-1946) [more information]

Play synopsis

'Edward’s highly principled world upturns when he discovers the family business he is inheriting has been defrauding its clients for years because his father has been illegally speculating with their money. To compound matters, he quickly discovers his large, scandal-fearing family knew of the crime but allowed it to continue rather than face the shame of public disclosure.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voysey_Inheritance.

Production history

Dated to 1905.

Date of transmission

Sunday 1 April 1951

Time

8.30-10.30pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Campbell Logan

Playwright

Harley Granville-Barker (1877-1946)

Sets / Settings

Stephen Taylor

Cast

Ivor Barnard	Mr Booth
Jane Barrett	Alice Maitland
Olga Dickie	Mrs Booth Voysey
Willoughby Gray	Trenchard Voysey
Louise Hampton	Mrs Voysey
W. E. Holloway	Rev. Evan Colpus
Michael Hordern	Major Booth Voysey
Allan Jeayes	Mr Voysey
Ian Lubbock	Denis Tregoning
Alvys [or Alvis] Maben	Mrs Hugh Voysey
David Markham	Edward Voysey
Evelyn Moore	Phoebe
Jan Pilbeam	Ethel Voysey
Molly Rankin	Honor Voysey
Christopher Steele	Peacey
Cara Stevens	Mary
John Stevens	Hugh Voysey

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 8.35pm on Thursday 5 April 1951.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

economic affairs; Edwardian drama; inheritance

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 30 March 1951 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 41 and article by Lionel Hale, ‘Ship-shape and Granville-Barker-Fashion’, p. 39