Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper

Summary

1950 BBC live studio production of Donald Henderson’s psychological thriller, Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper, adapted from his own novel.

Theatre play

Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper by Donald Henderson [more information]

Play synopsis

A psychological thriller set in a small Kensington hotel.

Production history

Adapted from Henderson’s novel of the same name and first performed in February 1946 at the Embassy Theatre, London.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 12 December 1950

Time

8.00-9.40pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Stephen Harrison

Playwright

Donald Henderson

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

Daphne Anderson	Lena Dresden
Jean Webster Brough	Fairy
Erik Chitty (1907-1977)	Mr Cooker
Aubrey Dexter	Mr Farthing
Kenneth Edwards	Mr Winthrop
Anthony Hawtrey	Mr Bowling
Vida Hope	Alice
Margaret Lang	Miss Mason
Mignon O’Doherty	Niggs
Harold Scott	Delius Nandle
John Stuart	Superintendent Winnik

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

adaptation of novel; thriller

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 8 December 1950 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 47