Mr Gillie
- Summary
- 1950 BBC live studio presentation of Alastair Sims’ Garrick Theatre production of James Bridie’s comedy Mr Gillie.
- Theatre play
- Mr Gillie by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 25 July 1950
- Time
- 8.30-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Presented for Television by
- Kevin Sheldon
- Stage Producer
- Alastair Sim
- Playwright
- James Bridie (1888-1951)
- Sets / Settings
- Hendrik Baker (based on his stage designs)
- Cast
Robert Adam Mr Gibb Janet Brown Nelly Watson George Cole Tom Donnelly Megs Jenkins Mrs Gillie Gordon McLeod Doctor Watson Douglas Muir The Procurator Alastair Sim Mr Gillie H. G. Stoker The Judge
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- afterlife; comedy; Scotland, as theme or setting; Scottish drama
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 21 July 1950 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 38; article by Lionel Hale, ‘Mr Gillie Goes to Heaven’, p. 36
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