Jill Darling

Summary

1949 BBC live studio production of Marriot Edgar’s musical comedy Jill Darling.

Theatre play

Jill Darling by Marriot Edgar [more information]

Play synopsis

A musical comedy.

Production history

Original London production, Savile Theatre, from 19 December 1934; London revival 1944.

Date of transmission

Saturday 12 February 1949

Time

8.30-10.10pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Michael Mills

Playwright

Marriot Edgar

Music

Vivian Ellis

Lyrics

Desmond Carter

Musical Arrangements by

Freddie Carpenter

Orchestrations by

Paul Fenoulhet

Orchestra Directed by

Eric Robinson

Sets / Settings

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Johnnie [or Johnny] Brandon	Charles
Ian Carmichael	Bobby Jones
William Collins	Moffat / Police Inspector
Lois Green	Jill Sonning
Billy Howard	Police Sergeant
Lily Lapidus	Bessie Bunting
Edward Lexy	Colonel Crawford
Gibb McLaughlin	Sir Timothy Bunting
Barbara Pearce	Jean
Marie Seller	April Crawford
Desmond Walter-Ellis	Jack Crawford / Pendleton Brookes

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 17 February 1949.

Notes

The first of three musicals produced by Michael Mills in early 1949.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; musical

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 4 February 1949 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and rehearsal photo, p. 27; brief article, pp. 24-25