Cinderella on Ice

Summary

1949 BBC live broadcast direct from the Empress Hall, London of Cinderella on Ice, ‘a spectacular skating pantomime with dialogue, songs and music ... with a supporting company of over a hundred’.

Theatre play

Cinderella by Eve Bradfield [more information]

Production history

Version of the fairy story written for a spectacular ice pantomime at the Empress Hall, London in 1949.

Date of transmission

Friday 23 December 1949

Time

8.00-10.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Presented for Television by

Alan Chivers

Theatre Producer

Eve Bradfield

Writer

Eve Bradfield

Conductor

James Dowar

Introduced by

Wynford Vaughan Thomas

Cast

Maj Britt	Cinderella ('an internationally famous skater’)
Paul Carpenter	Buttons
Diana Grafton	Ugly Sister
Jack Harnett	Ugly Sister
Valerie Moon	Prince Charming ('an internationally famous skater’)
John [Farries] Moss	Baron
Eva Nyklova	Fairy Godmother ('an internationally famous skater’)
Jan Tors	Broker’s Man
George Turner	Broker’s Man
Paddy Woods	Dandini

Additional details

Origination

Live from theatre

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

fairy tale; ice show

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 16 December 1949 (Magazine)