The Day is Gone [Act 2]

Summary

BBC production of Act 2 of John Fernald’s current Embassy Theatre, London production of W. Chetham Strode’s The Day is Gone.

Theatre play

The Day is Gone by Warren Chetham-Strode (1896-1974) [more information]

Play synopsis

A play in three acts about the late punishment of the seaside chemist Stanley Thatcher whose murder of his first wife Mabel went undetected.

Production history

Produced at the Embassy Theatre in 1937 (see The Times, 14 September 1937, p. 10) and published in 1938.

Date of transmission

Monday 4 October 1937

Time

3.30pm (30 mins)

Series

Theatre Parade

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Royston Morley

John Fernald

Playwright

Warren Chetham-Strode (1896-1974)

Cast

Angela Baddeley	Rosie Spiller
Sybil Grove	Mabel Thatcher
Nicholas Hannen	Stanley Thatcher
Ellis Irving	Ernest Webb
Arthur Wontner	Major Warminside

Additional details

Later transmissions

Broadcast again at 9.30pm on Monday 4 October 1937.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

murder; science

Print sources

Title

BBC Television Programme Records: vol. 1, 1937-38 (Book)

Reference

London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1938

Linking notes

listing on p. 77

Title

Broadcasting: Television (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

E. H. R. (Reviewer)

Reference

The Observer, 10 October 1937, p. 12

Title

Embassy Theatre: The Day is Gone by W. Chetham-Strode (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 14 September 1937, p. 10

Title

Radio Times, 1 October 1937 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 19, but the play in the Theatre Parade slot is not named

Title

The Week’s Theatres: Embassy, The Day is Gone (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

Ivor Brown (Reviewer)

Reference

The Observer, 19 September 1937, p. 15