Chase Me Comrade

Summary

1967 BBC production of the farce Chase Me Comrade by Raymond Cooney with almost the same cast who performed in the Whitehall Theatre performance.

Theatre play

Chase Me Comrade by Ray Cooney [more information]

Play synopsis

Farce. The story of a defecting Russian ballet dancer involved in intrigue and connivance at the highest level.

Production history

First staged at the Whitehall Theatre on 15 July 1964.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 27 December 1967

Time

6.45-8.00pm

Series

Brian Rix Presents

Channel

BBC1

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Wallace Douglas

Playwright

Ray Cooney

Designer

Rhoda Gray

Cast

Diane Appleby	Nancy Rimmington
Leo Franklyn	Hoskins
Peter Gray	Commander Rimmington
Stefan Gryff	Petrovyan
Helen Jessop	Alicia Courtney
George Lee	Constable Pulford
Sheila Mercier	Janet Rimmington
Larry Noble	Bobby Hargreaves
Dennis Ramsden	Mr Laver
Brian Rix (1924-)	Gerry Buss

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

ballet; farce; Russia (Soviet Union etc), as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 21 December 1967 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 52; illustrated article, p. 49