The Brides of March

Summary: 1965 BBC production of the farce The Brides of March by John Chapman.
Theatre play: The Brides of March by John Chapman [more information]
Play synopsis: Farce. ‘Tony Scudamore, who did his wartime service with the British Army in North Africa, has settled into a peacetime career with the Foreign Office. [...] Nobody stops to think much about a certain letter which arrived that morning informing Tony that he has been remembered in the will of an Arab sheik whose life he saved during the war [and who left him in his will] five nubile, Arab maidens. Tony’s first reaction is to send his "harem" back, but it seems that to refuse a dying sheik’s bequest is a mortal offence. Tony’s father also brings up the touchy point that the British government is now negotiating oil leases with the dead sheik’s successor - and any dispute could lead to unhappy complications. This is the situation [his wife] Sally walks into the next morning, and the misunderstandings which follow are hilarious.' Adapted from http://www.stageplays.com/products/the_brides_of_march/John%20Chapman.
Production history: Staged in London in 1961.
Date of transmission: Saturday 30 October 1965
Time: 7.25-8.55pm
Series: Brian Rix Presents
Channel: BBC1
Production company: BBC

Director

Wallace Douglas

Playwright

John Chapman

Sets / Settings

Stanley Moore

Cast

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