The Case of the Frightened Lady

Summary

1948 live studio production of Edgar Wallace’s thriller The Case of the Frightened Lady.

Theatre play

The Case of the Frightened Lady by Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) [more information]

Play synopsis

The action of this thriller takes place in Chief Inspector Tanner’s office at Scotland Yard and in the residence of the Lebanon family, in 1931. The criminal is revealed as the charming young Lord Lebanon who is a homicidal maniac strangling his nearest and dearest.

Production history

First staged at Wyndham’s Theatre on 18 August 1931 and published by Samuel French in 1932. Filmed for the cinema by director T. Hayes Hunter in 1932 and by director George King in 1940.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 13 July 1948

Time

8.30-10.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

John Glyn-Jones

Playwright

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)

Sets / Settings

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Anthony Adam	Policeman
Archie Angus	Policeman
John Baker	Policeman
Robert Berkeley	Brooks
Reed de Rouen	Gilder
Gordon Harker	Sergeant Totty
Ursula Howells	Aisla Crane
William Hyde	Policeman
Eric Lindsay	Policeman
James Lytton	Policeman
John Mann	Mr Rawbane
Cathleen Nesbitt	Lady Lebanon
Kenneth Osbourne	Policeman
Norman Pierce	Chief Inspector Tanner
John Raggett	Policeman
Kevin Sheldon	Police Messenger
Christopher Steele	Kelver
Lewis Stringer	Sergeant Ferraby
Alan Tarrant	Policeman
Patrick Troughton	Lord Lebanon

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Friday 16 July 1948.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

murder; thriller

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 9 July 1948 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated listing, p. 26; article, p. 25