Dr Angelus

Summary

1948 live studio production of James Bridie’s drama Dr Angelus, based on the stage production by Alastair Sim.

Theatre play

Dr Angelus by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in Dr Angelus’ Glasgow home in 1920. Dr Angelus’ medical practice is of doubtful reputation; a problem of conscience arises when his mother-in-law dies in suspicious circumstances, and then Mrs Angelus too falls ill with the same distressing symptoms...

Production history

1949

Date of transmission

Sunday 11 April 1948

Time

8.30-10.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)

Theatre Director

Alastair Sim ('based on the stage production by’)

Playwright

James Bridie (1888-1951)

Cast

Jane Aird	Mrs Angelus
George Cole	Dr Johnson
Archie Duncan	McIvor
Rex Garner	Police Sergeant
Betty Marsden	Mrs Corcoran
Alastair Sim	Dr Angelus
Molly Urquhart	Jeanie
Wilfrid Walter	Sir Gregory Butt

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 15 April 1948.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

medical drama; Scotland, as theme or setting; Scottish drama; thriller

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 9 April 1948 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 26; article by J. C. Trewin, ‘A Doctor Angelus in the House’, p. 25