Ma’s Bit of Brass

Summary: 1948 BBC live studio production of Ronald Gow’s North-country comedy Ma’s Bit of Brass.
Theatre play: Ma’s Bit of Brass by Ronald Gow [more information]
Play synopsis: North-country comedy. ‘Finding herself possessed of riches, Mrs Lovejoy plumps for a wayside teashop. She sets out on proper business lines with a select choice of teas ‘plain or knife and fork ' and ' accommodation for cyclists ' and is not discouraged in the first few days when the only customer is a Boy Scout asking for hot water. Opposition comes in the form of neighbouring Lady Maydew, who fights a battle against the threatened invasion of cyclists from Sydenham and picnickers from Peckham with a vast array of ‘Trespassers will be Prosecute ' notices. That puts the fat in the fire, and the fire is violently fanned by an inter-family love affair that knows no class distinction’ (adapted from The Scanner, ‘In the Land of the Hot-Pot, Radio Times, 25 June 1948, p. 24).
Production history: Performed at the Q Theatre in 1938.
Date of transmission: Saturday 3 July 1948
Time: 8.30
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Eric Fawcett

Playwright

Ronald Gow

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

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