Captain Brassbound’s Conversion

Summary

1962 BBC production of Captain Brassbound’s Conversion by George Bernard Shaw. The Radio Times also credits ‘Members of the crews of the Thanksgiving and the Santiago and of the retinues of the Arab Sheiks’ (12 July 1962, p. 53).

Theatre play

Captain Brassbound’s Conversion by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in Morocco where Lady Cicely Waynflete is on holiday with her brother-in-law, Sir Howard Hallam, an eminent judge. They journey to the predominantly Muslim interior of the country which is thought to be hostile to Christians, accompanied by Captain Brassbound who proves to be even more sinister than his reputation as a smuggler would suggest.

Production history

Written in 1899 for Ellen Terry but it was some years before she could act in it at the Court Theatre, London.

Date of transmission

Friday 20 July 1962

Time

9.25-10.55pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Naomi Capon

Playwright

[George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Designer

Barry Learoyd

Cast

Dimitri Andreas	Marzo
David Aylmer	Redbrook
David Calderisi	Hassan
Michael Goodliffe	Sir Howard Hallam
William Greene	Captain Hamlin Kearney
Kenneth Haigh	Captain Brassbound
Catherine Lacey	Lady Cicely Waynflete
Wolfe Morris	The Cadi
Norman Rossington	Drinkwater
Gene Sandys	American Bluejacket
Frank Singuineau	Osman
Derek Waring	Sidi el Assif
Tom Watson	Rankin
Aubrey Woods	Johnson

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; Christianity; Islam; Morocco, as theme or setting; North Africa, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 12 July 1962 (Magazine)

Linking notes

image, p. 3; article and image, p. 52; listing, p. 53