Goodness, How Sad!

Summary

1947 BBC live studio production of Robert Morley’s comedy Goodness, How Sad.

Theatre play

Goodness, How Sad by Robert Morley (1908-1992) [more information]

Play synopsis

A three-act gentle comedy about a struggling repertory company, set in a theatrical digs in a Midlands town.

Production history

The play, which premiered on the stage in 1937, was turned into a 1940 Ealing Studios film Return to Yesterday directed by Robert Stevenson. It was first performed at the Perranport Beach Theatre in Bristol and then had a West End run at the Vaudeville Theatre in London.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 26 August 1947

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Stephen Harrison

Playwright

Robert Morley (1908-1992)

Cast

Muriel Aked	Mrs Priskin
Kathleen Boutall	Selina Angst
Rolf Carston	Captain Otto Angst
Avice Landone	Christine Lawford
Roderick Lovell	Mrs Priskin’s Other Guest
Kenneth Morgan	Peter Thropp
Jessica Spencer	Carol Sands

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; Midlands, as theme or setting; theatre or acting, as theme

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 22 August 1947 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 32; article, p. 29