The Adding Machine
- Summary
- 1948 BBC live studio production of Elmer Rice’s expressionist drama The Adding Machine.
- Theatre play
- The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice (1892-1967) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 15 January 1948
- Time
- 8.30-10.15pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Eric Fawcett
- Playwright
- Elmer Rice (1892-1967)
- Adapted for Television by
- Eric Fawcett
- Sets / Settings
- James Bould
- Cast
Joy Adamson Mrs Three Robert Ayres Policeman Madeleine Burgess Mrs Five Barbara Cavan Mrs Two Gabrielle Daye Mrs Six Josephine Dent Mrs One Cecilia Eddy Daisy Diana Dorothea Devore Paul Erickson Mr Three / Young Man Sidney [or "Sydney"?] Keith Mr One / A Head Daniel King Mr Four Launce Maraschal The Boss Stanley Maxted Mr Zero Edna Morris Mrs Four Dermot Palmer Mr Six Macdonald Parke Lt. Charles Alan Pearce Mr Two Mildred Shay Judy O’Grady John Stevens Shrdlu Alan Tilvern Mr Five / Joe Joan Young Mrs Zero
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 3.00pm on Friday 16 January 1948.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- American drama; murder
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 9 January 1948 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 27; article, p. 24
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