Mrs Dot

Summary

1950 BBC live studio production of Somerset Maugham’s Edwardian comedy Mrs Dot.

Theatre play

Mrs Dot by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy in which a wealthy young widow, Mrs Dot, seeks to disentangle the man she loves, Gerald Halstane, from an unhappy engagement so that she may marry him herself. After a number of complications and misunderstandings, she eventually succeeds.

Production history

First performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, on 27 April 1908.

Date of transmission

Thursday 30 March 1950

Time

8.30-10.05pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Stephen Harrison

Playwright

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

Jack Allen	Gerald Halstane
Fabia Drake	Lady Sellenger
Sonia Dresdel	Mrs Dot
Cyril Hardingham	Butler
Walter Horsbrugh	Servant
Roddy Hughes	Mr Rixon
Raphael Kelly	Mr Wright
June Moir	Nellie Sellenger
John Neville	Freddie Perkins
Una Venning	Aunt Eliza
John Vere	Charles
Alan Wheatley	James Blenkinsop

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; Edwardian drama; marriage

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 24 March 1950 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 45; article by Lionel Hale, ‘The Importance of Being Frivolous’, p. 43; article, p. 42