Seven Women

Summary

1953 BBC live studio production of J. M. Barrie’s one-act drama Seven Women, presented as the third in a quartet of the playwright’s one-act plays, broadcast on four consecutive Saturdays.

Theatre play

Seven Women by J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) [more information]

Play synopsis

The action of this one-act play takes place in the drawing room of a Chelsea house.

Production history

Produced at the New Theatre, London, on 7 April 1917.

Date of transmission

Saturday 12 September 1953

Time

8.15-8.45pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Barbara Burnham

Producer

Harold Clayton

Playwright

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937)

Sets / Settings

Stephen Taylor

Cast

Noel Dyson	Mrs Tovey
Richard Hurndall	Mr Tovey
Ursula Jeans	Leonora
Roger Livesey	Captain Rattray
Cara Stevens	Maid

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 4 September 1953 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and photograph, p. 50

Associated programmes

Half an Hour (BBC, 1953)
Half an Hour by J. M. Barrie (1860-1937)
BBC Television

The Will (BBC, 1953)
The Will by J. M. Barrie (1860-1937)
BBC Television

The Twelve Pound Look (BBC, 1953)
The Twelve Pound Look by J. M. Barrie (1860-1937)
BBC Television