Maria Marten; or, The Murder in the Old Red Barn
- Summary
- 1965 BBC production of the 19th-century melodrama Maria Marten; or, The Murder in the Old Red Barn. This was the first in a new series of melodramas under the title Gaslight Theatre.
- Theatre play
- Maria Marten; or The Murder in the Red Barn by Anon. [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Saturday 31 July 1965
- Time
- 7.50-8.50pm
- Series
- Gaslight Theatre
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Bryan Sears ('the Whole was Judiciously Adjusted to your screen by’)
- Lighting
- John Summers ('the New Electric Lights were all man-handled by’)
- Adapted for Television by
- Alec Clunes
- Conductor
- Maurice Arnold (conducted ‘a fully augmented two-piece orchestra’)
- Sets / Settings
- Clifford Hatts
- Costumes
- Sonia Kerr
- Make-up
- Christina Morris
- Sound
- Dick Chamberlain ('acousticals were in the Sound hand of’)
- Advisor
- Alec Clunes
- Cast
Ronnie Barker Old Marten / Aged Ishmael / Young Ishmael Leslie French Tim Bobbin John Gower Mark Antony Eira Heath Maria Marten Alfred Marks William Corder Sandra Michaels Ann Marten Gwen Nelson Dame Marten
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- 19th-century setting; melodrama; murder
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 29 July 1965 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, p. 4; listing, p. 7
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