The Dumb Wife of Cheapside

Summary

1948 live studio production of Ashley Dukes’ comedy The Dumb Wife of Cheapside.

Theatre play

The Dumb Wife of Cheapside by Ashley Dukes (1885-1959) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy. A rich man marries a young girl who is beautiful but, unfortunately, dumb. The man brings in the finest surgeons who, miraculously, are able to restore her speech. A torrent of speech pours forth to the extent that the man calls the surgeon back again...

Production history

Originally written as a radio play in 1929, then staged the following year at the Arts Theatre.

Date of transmission

Monday 23 February 1948

Time

9.15-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Douglas Allen

Playwright

Ashley Dukes (1885-1959)

Cast

Noel Howlett	Master Quill
Lalage Lewis	Mistress Ann Groat
Tony Quinn	Master Julep
Kevin Sheldon	A Manservant
Julian Somers	Master Sunder
Philip Stainton	Alderman Groat
Anne Stapleton	A Waiting Woman
Charles Wade	Master Ounce

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 20 February 1948 (Magazine)

Linking notes

lsiting, p. 26; article, p. 24