Counsel’s Opinion

Summary

1949 BBC live studio production of Gilbert Wakefield’s farce Counsel’s Opinion.

Theatre play

Counsel’s Opinion by Gilbert Wakefield (1892-1963) [more information]

Play synopsis

Farce. A romantic comedy of mistaken identity with a legal setting. A famous barrister finds himself stranded by fog in London. He meets a charming young lady, but he is quickly embroiled in a potential divorce case.

Production history

Presented at the Phoenix Theatre, London in 1931; produced as a British feature film in 1933, although no copies are known to exist.

Date of transmission

Saturday 26 March 1949

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Eric Fawcett

Playwright

Gilbert Wakefield (1892-1963)

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

George Bishop	Lord Mere
Gilbert Case	Hotel Manager
Christine Cherrill	Saunders
Erik Chitty (1907-1977)	Slade
Edwin Ellis	George
Sydney King	James
Jack Melford	Logan
H. G. Stoker	Willock
Anthony Viccars	Walter
Irene Worth (1916-2002)	Leslie

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 31 March 1949.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; divorce; farce

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 18 March 1949 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 31; brief article, p. 28