Dr Angelus

Summary

BBC Television production of James Bridie’s Dr Angelus, televised ‘from the BBC’s television studios in Scotland’ (Radio Times, 8 August 1958, p. 19). Bridie’s play was presented by the Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre Company, which he himself founded.

Theatre play

Dr Angelus by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in Dr Angelus’ Glasgow home in 1920. Dr Angelus’ medical practice is of doubtful reputation; a problem of conscience arises when his mother-in-law dies in suspicious circumstances, and then Mrs Angelus too falls ill with the same distressing symptoms...

Production history

1949

Date of transmission

Saturday 16 August 1958

Time

9.00pm (90 mins)

Series

Saturday Playhouse

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Theatre company

Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre Company

Credits

Director

Peter Duguid

Television Production by

Pharic Maclaren

Playwright

James Bridie (1888-1951)

Designer

Robert Macgowan

Cast

Andrew Cruickshank	Dr Angelus
John Grieve	Inspector MacIvor
Martin Heller	Sir Gregory Butt
Edith Macarthur	Mrs Corcoran
Fulton Mackay	Dr Johnson
Jessie Morton	Mrs Angelus
Irene Sunters	Jeanie
Harry Walker	Police Sergeanr

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

medical drama; Scotland, as theme or setting; Scottish drama; thriller

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 8 August 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated listing and article on p. 19