How He Lied to Her Husband
- Summary
- This BBC Television production of How He Lied to Her Husband was the first play by George Bernard Shaw to be televised from Alexandra Palace (Radio Times Television Supplement, 2 July 1937, p. 3). The production was followed by three minutes of commentary on the play by Bernard Shaw himself.
- Theatre play
- How He Lied to Her Husband by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 8 July 1937
- Time
- 3.36pm (29 mins)
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Cast
D. A. Clarke-Smith Greer Garson Derek Williams
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Later transmissions
- Broadcast again on Thursday 8 July 1937 at 9.30pm.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- adultery / infidelity; comedy; poetry and literature, as theme
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- How He Lied to Her Husband
- Archive
- Alexandra Palace Television Society [more information]
Email
apts@apts.org.uk
Websitehttp://www.apts.org.uk/archive.htm
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- Notes
- Available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R_-17Hqsko (accessed 18 April 2014)
Print sources
- Title
- BBC Television Programme Records: vol. 1, 1937-38 (Book)
- Reference
- London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1938
- Linking notes
- listing on p. 56
- Title
- Bernard Shaw and the BBC (Book)
- Author/creator
- L. W. Connolly (Author)
- Reference
- Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008
- Linking notes
- pp. 91-92
- Title
- Radio Times, 2 July 1937 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing on p. 3
- Title
- Radio Times, 24 December 1937 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- Image on p. 7 of the Supplement as part of article "Television: Great Strides Were Made in Coronation Year’ with caption: ‘Bernard Shaw posed this picture of characters in his play, How He Lied to her Husband, for the production at Alexandra Palace.'
- Title
- Starlight Days: The Memoirs of Cecil Madden (Book)
- Author/creator
- Cecil Madden, Jennifer Lews (ed.) (Author, editor)
- Reference
- London: Trevor Square Productions, 2007
- Linking notes
- pp. 108-109
- Title
- Television (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Joyce Grenfell (Author)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 11 July 1937, p. 28
- Notes
- 'Bernard Shaw’s entertaining playlet... might have been written for television. A very good performance was given on Thursday with Greer Garson and D. A. Clarke-Smith in chief parts. After the afternoon show "g.B.S" himself appeared before the camera and was amusingly rude to the child of his less mature genius.'
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