On Monday Next

Summary

This BBC Television presentation of Philip King’s comedy On Monday Next was televised from the Whitehall Theatre, London, where it was performed before an invited audience.

Theatre play

On Monday Next by Philip King [more information]

Play synopsis

This play deals with the trials and tribulations of the members of a small Repertory company, led by a temperamental producer, who are struggling with a bad play whose author insists on attending rehearsals.

Production history

First produced in London in 1949.

Date of transmission

Sunday 4 May 1958

Time

8.30pm (90 mins)

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Henry Kendall

Television Presentation by

Mary Evans

Playwright

Philip King

Designer

Rhoda Gray

Cast

Peter Allenby	Second Ambulance Man
Charles Cameron	A Doctor
Cyril Chamberlain	Jackson Harley, the Stage Manager
Ray Cooney	Jerry Winterton
Leo Franklyn	George
Peter Mercier	Norwood Beverley
Sheila Mercier	Sandra Layton
Larry Noble	The Author
Cicely Paget-Bowman	Maud Barron
Brian Rix (1924-)	Harry Blacker, the Producer
Merylin Roberts	Avis Clare
Andrew Sachs	First Ambulance Man
Joan Sims	Daphne Wray
Patricia Somerset	Mary Manners

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; theatre or acting, as theme

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 2 May 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article and listing on p. 11

Title

Too Good to be True: BBC Comedy of Backstage in Weekly Rep (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 5 May 1958, p. 5