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When We Are Married

Summary
1951 BBC live studio production for Christmas Day of J. B. Priestley’s drama When We Are Married.
Theatre play
When We Are Married by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 25 December 1951
Time
9.00-10.45pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)
Playwright
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)
Sets / Settings
James Bould
Cast
Eileen BeldonClara Soppitt
Julia BraddockNancy Holmes
Helen ChristieLottie Grady
Peter CushingGerald Forbes
Gabrielle DayeRuby Birtle
Eileen DraycottMaria Helliwell
Jack HowarthAlderman Joseph Helliwell
Raymond HuntleyCouncillor Albert Parker
Edna MorrisMrs Northrop
Frank PettingellHenry Ormonroyd
Gordon PhillottHerbert Soppitt
Helena PickardAnnie Parker
Anthony SharpRev. Clement Mercer
Lewis WilsonFred Dyson

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy; marriage; north of England, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 21 December 1951 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 49; article, pp. 46-47

Record Stats

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