A Fool and His Money

Summary

BBC Television production of Laurence Housman’s comedy A Fool and His Money.

Theatre play

A Fool and His Money by Laurence Housman (1865-1959) [more information]

Play synopsis

Described in the Radio Times as a ‘wayside comedy’ (8 October 1937, p. 22).

Production history

Published in False Premises: Five One-Act Plays (Basil Blackwell, 1922). The website http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/housman-laurence.html#122477 states that the first staging didn’t occur till 1956. It was, however, broadcast on the radio as early as 1928 (source: http://www.savoyhill.co.uk/invisibleplay/names/housmanlaurence.html).

Date of transmission

Thursday 14 October 1937

Time

3.00pm (18 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Jan Bussell

Playwright

Laurence Housman (1865-1959)

Cast

Alban Blakelock	The Fool
Victor Fairley	Tim
Charles Lefeaux	Tony

Additional details

Later transmissions

Broadcast again at 9.10pm on Saturday 16 October 1937

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

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

Reference

London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1938

Linking notes

listing on p. 81

Title

Radio Times, 8 October 1937 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 22