The Mollusc
- Summary
- 1949 BBC live studio production of Hubert Henry Davies’ Edwardian comedy The Mollusc, with the cast of the Arts Theatre Club production who had staged the play earlier in the year.
- Theatre play
- The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies (1869-1917) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 9 August 1949
- Time
- 8.30-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Campbell Logan
- Playwright
- Hubert Henry Davies (1869-1917)
- Sets / Settings
- Barry Learoyd
- Cast
Jack Allen Tom Kemp Vivienne Bennett Mrs Baxter Thea Holme Miss Roberts Patrick Waddington Mr Baxter
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Revived for a presentation at 8.15pm on Tuesday 22 July 1952.
- Notes
- Cast chenges for the 1952 revival were as follows: Ronald Ward (Tom Kemp), Clive Morton (Mr Baxter) and Muriel Pavlow (Miss Roberts).
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- comedy; Edwardian drama
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 5 August 1949 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 39; brief article, p. 36
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