Square Pegs

Summary

1951 BBC live studio production of Lionel Brown’s comedy Square Pegs.

Theatre play

Square Pegs by Lionel Brown [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy. A provincial doctor, who is a widower, leaves his house in the care of three very different daughters. Initially, the house under the care of the well-meaning middle daughter is a mess, and things only improve when the other two daughters take charge.

Production history

First performed at the ‘Q’ Theatre, London in October 1937.

Date of transmission

Sunday 1 July 1951

Time

8.15-9.45pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Kenneth Milne Buckley

Playwright

Lionel Brown

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

Michael Ashwin	Ralph
Margaret Barton	Helen
Derek Bond	Dr Willan
Rosalyn Boulter	Edith
Ruth Dunning	Dot Wilding
Walter Horsbrugh	Dr McLane
Noel Howlett	Dr Morris
Jane Hylton	Joey
Arthur Lucas	Waiter
Cavan Malone	Charlie
Terry Randall	Julia

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 5 July 1951.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 29 June 1951 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 41; article by Lionel Hale ‘In Holiday Mood’, p. **