Dandy Dick

Summary

1948 BBC live studio production of Arthur Pinero’s comedy Dandy Dick, based on a stage production by Athene Seyler.

Theatre play

Dandy Dick by Arthur W. Pinero (1855-1934) [more information]

Play synopsis

A farcical comedy set in 1890. What happened to the Dean of St Marvell’s who refused to indulge his extravagant daughters, and what has it to do with a race horse whose tail has been singed during a fire?

Production history

Dated to 1887.

Date of transmission

Thursday 22 July 1948

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Credits

Producer

Douglas Allen

Theatre Producer

Athene Seyler (1889-1990)

Playwright

Arthur W. Pinero (1855-1934)

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Costumes

Cecil Beaton

Cast

Joan Benham	Salome Jedd
Denys Blakelock	The Very Rev. Augustin Jedd, DD
William Bridger	Mr Darbey
Nuna Davey	Georgiana Tidman
Jennifer Gray	Sheba Jedd
Eric Messiter	Blore
Owen Reynolds	Sir Tristram Mardon, Bart.
Charles Wade	Hatcham
Desmond Walter-Ellis	Major Tarver
Ann Wilton	Hannah Topping
George Woodbridge	Noah Topping

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; comedy; farce; horses

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 16 July 1948 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 27; article by Peter Forster, ‘Fine and Dandy Dick’, p. 25