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What Say They?

Summary
BBC Television production of James Bridie’s comedy What Say They?
Theatre play
What Say They? by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 7 August 1956
Time
8.15pm (60 mins)
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Lyon Todd
Playwright
James Bridie (1888-1951)
Designer
Roy Oxley
Cast
Claude BonserZither
Richard BurrellAdolphus Hayman
Mark DalyDan McEntee
Mark FabianMr Milliken
Barry FosterMr Sheltie
Hermione GregoryMiss Mere
Jane GriffithsAda Shore
Eric MessiterLord Carshennie
Joseph O’Connor (1916-2001)Sir Archibald Asher
Frederick PiperProfessor Hayman
Maureen QuinneyNellie
Elizabeth SchofieldZeresh Hayman
Desmond ScottMr Mather
Clare WelshDelia Hayman

Additional details

Play tags
comedy; Scottish drama

Print sources

Title
A Better Medium for Fantasy: Bridie in a New Light (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Manchester Guardian, 8 August 1956, p. 3
Title
Radio Times, 3 August 1956 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing and article
Title
What Say They? (Audience Research Report)
Archive
BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]
Address

Peppard Road
Caversham Park
Reading
Berkshire
RG4 8TZ
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)118 948 6281

Email

heritage@bbc.co.uk

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/wac

Access

The WAC is open from 9.30am to 5.00pm on Wednesdays to Fridays throughout the year to academics, postgraduate students and writers by appointment.

Reference
Report reference VR/56/414, held in file R9/7/23

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