Libel

Summary: 1953 BBC live studio production of Edward Wooll’s courtroom drama Livel.
Theatre play: Libel by Edward Wooll [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Well sustained story of double identity, with a unique court scene, and a situation fraught with implications which keep one on the toes. A man has been shell-shocked and the past has been virtually wiped out. He gets in the hands of some schemers, who wait until he has married and gone into Parliament to bring suit against him for posing as someone to whose identity he has no claim.' (Kirkus Review, 1936, available online https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/edward-wooll/libel/; accessed 12 February 2014.)
Production history: First produced at the Playhouse Theatre, London in 1934 and then on Broadway in December 1935. Published London: Samuel French, 1936.
Date of transmission: Sunday 6 September 1953
Time: 8.30-10.00pm
Channel: BBC Television

Producer

Douglas Allen

Playwright

Edward Wooll

Sets / Settings

Stewart Marshall

Cast

Origination: Live from studio
Later transmissions: Presented again at 7.00pm on Thursday 10 September 1953.
Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: American drama; court-room drama; politics

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