Chase Me Comrade [Act 1]

Summary

1964 BBC presentation of Act 1 of the current Whitehall Theatre production of Chase Me Comrade by Raymond Cooney. Presented by arrangement with Brian Rix Enterprises Ltd.

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

Friday 28 August 1964

Time

9.25-10.05pm

Channel

BBC1

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Wallace Douglas

Television Presentation by

Derek Burrell-Davis

Playwright

Ray Cooney

Sets / Settings

Rhoda Gray

Cast

Jacqueline Ellis	Nancy Rimmington
Leo Franklyn	Hoskins
Kerry Gardner	Petrovyan
Peter Gray	Commander Rimmington
Helen Jessop	Alicia Courtney
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, 20 August 1964 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 51; listing, p. 55