Tobias and the Angel

Summary: 1947 BBC live studio production of James Bridie’s drama Tobias and the Angel.
Theatre play: Tobias and the Angel by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]
Play synopsis: Comedy. ‘Tobias is the son of Tobit, a blind old Jewish beggar who lives in a hovel in Nineveh with his wife Anna. The disguised archangel Raphael, who has been hospitably received by Tobit, volunteers to accompany Tobias on a journey to Media. They stop in Ecbatana at the home of Sarah, whom Tobias marries despite a warning that seven previous bridegrooms were murdered by the demon Asmoday (Asmodeus). After driving off this menace, Raphael escorts the couple to Nineveh, where he cures Tobit’s blindness. Raphael then reveals himself as the mighty Archangel and disappears.'
(http://www.4-wall.com/authors/authors_b/bridie/tobias_angels.htm; accessed 10 January 2014)
Production history: First performed in Cambridge in November 1930.
Date of transmission: Sunday 28 September 1947
Time: 8.30-10.00pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Ian Atkins

Playwright

James Bridie (1888-1951)

Songs by

Jacques Sennoi

Musical Arrangements by

James Hartley

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

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