Whiteoaks

Summary

1949 BBC live studio production of Mazo de la Roche’s play Whiteoaks which was adapted from the second of her six books on the history of a Canadian family.

Theatre play

Whiteoaks by Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961) [more information]

Play synopsis

'This play, which was written by Mazo de la Roche, is taken from the second of the series of six books dealing with the history of a Canadian family’ (source: Radio Times Television Supplement, 22 January 1937, p. 6). The Wikipedia page for de la Roche attributes the play both to her and to Nancy Price (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazo_de_la_Roche, accessed 12 November 2012).

Production history

Whiteoaks: A Play (adapted from the book Whiteoaks of Jalna) was first produced in London at the Little Theatre in the Adelphi in April 1936; it was produced on Broadway in 1938 (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazo_de_la_Roche, accessed 12 November 2012).

Date of transmission

Sunday 8 May 1949

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Douglas Allen

Playwright

Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961)

Sets / Settings

Stephen Bundy

Cast

John Benson	Piers
Frank Birch	Uncle Earnest
Lyndon Brook	Finch
Margery Bryce	Aunt Augusta
Hugh Falkus	Renny
Barry MacGregor	Wakefiield
Elizabeth Maude	Meg
Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)	Uncle Nicholas
Nancy Price (1880-1970)	Adeline
Keith Pyott	Mr Patton
Jill Raymond	Pheasant

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 12 May 1949.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

adaptation of novel; Canada, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 6 May 1949 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 30; article by Lionel Hale, p. 29