The Gay Lord Quex

Summary

1947 live studio production of Arthur Pinero’s late Victorian comedy The Gay Lord Quex.

Theatre play

The Gay Lord Quex by Arthur W. Pinero (1855-1934) [more information]

Play synopsis

In this comedy a newly engaged aristocrat tries to demonstrate his fidelity to his fiancee while one of his friends tries to urge him to be unfaithful.

Production history

Written and first performed in 1899.

Date of transmission

Thursday 4 December 1947

Time

8.30-10.10pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Royston Morley

Playwright

Arthur W. Pinero (1855-1934)

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

Lilian Arland	Young Lady
Lesley Brook	Muriel Eden
Madeleine Burgess	Miss Limbird
James Dale	Sir Chichester Frayne
Helen Goss	Mrs Jack Eden
George Holst	A Manservant
Betty Hughes	A Maid
Peter Lewis	A Gentleman
Olga Lindo	Julia, Countess of Owbridge
Marjorie Mars	Sophy Fullgarney
Frederick Ross	Bristow
John Stevens	Captain Bastling
Helen Stirling	Miss Huddle
Jean Stuart	A Middle-Aged Lady
Valerie Taylor	Duchess of Strood
Guy Verney	Frank Pollitt ('Valma’)
Ronald Ward	Marquess of Quex
Eileen Way	Miss Moon

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Friday 5 December 1947.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; adultery / infidelity; comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 28 November 1947 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 32; illustrated article by John Swift, ‘Dame Irene Remembers’, p. 30