The Fur Coat

Summary

1949 BBC live outside broadcast from the Regent Theatre, Hayes of the production of the modern comedy The Fur Coat by A. G. Macdonell at the Regent Theatre, Hayes, by permission of Cygnet Theatre Productions, Ltd.

Theatre play

The Fur Coat by Archibald Gordon [A. G.] Macdonell (1895-1941) [more information]

Play synopsis

A modern comedy in which the action takes place in a room in Dominic Mallory’s house.

Production history

Published by Macmillan in 1943; known to have been produced at the Comedy Theatre, London in 1944.

Date of transmission

Monday 19 September 1949

Time

8.15-10.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Presented for Television by

Peter Dimmock

Theatre Producer

John Sykes

Playwright

Archibald Gordon [A. G.] Macdonell (1895-1941)

Cast

Richard Bebb	Patrick Graham
Chili Bouchier	Theodora
Nosmo Gaunt	Johnson
Michael Ingrams	Arthur Allam
Joyce Linden	Irene Tompkin
Ewen Solon	Dominic Mallory
Alan Turner	Bailiff

Additional details

Origination

Live from theatre

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 16 September 1949 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 42; article (about the use of new cameras), p. 40