The Admirable Crichton

Summary: 1950 BBC live studio production of J. M. Barrie’s late Victorian comedy The Admirable Crichton.
Theatre play: The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) [more information]
Play synopsis: Late Victorian comedy. ‘Act One is set in Loam Hall, the household of Lord Loam, a British peer, Crichton being his butler. Loam considers the class divisions in British society to be artificial. Crichton particularly disapproves, considering the class system to be "the natural outcome of a civilised society". At the beginning of Act Two, Loam, his family and friends, and Crichton are shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. The resourceful Crichton is the only one of the party with any practical knowledge, and he assumes, initially with reluctance, the position of leader’ (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Admirable_Crichton; accessed 18 September 2014).
Production history: Written in 1902 and produced later that year at the Duke of York’s Theatre.
Date of transmission: Sunday 11 June 1950
Time: 8.00-9.45pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Royston Morley

Playwright

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937)

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Cast

Title: Radio Times, 9 June 1950 (Magazine)
Linking notes: listing, p. 38; article by Lionel Hale, ‘The Peer and the Butler’, p. 37; article, p. 36

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