Many Waters

Summary

1953 BBC live studio production of Monckton Hoffe’s drama Many Waters.

Theatre play

Many Waters by Monckton Hoffe (1880-1951) [more information]

Play synopsis

A couple recall the small dramas and pleasures of their lives.

Production history

Produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, London in 1928-29. Published in London: Victor Gollancz, 1928. In 1931 a film version was produced by British International Pictures and directed by Milton Rosmer.

Date of transmission

Sunday 17 May 1953

Time

8.40-10.20pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Douglas Allen

Playwright

Monckton Hoffe (1880-1951)

Sets / Settings

Lawrence [Laurence] Broadhouse

Cast

Freda Bamford	Second Nurse / Charwoman
Fanny Carby	First Nurse / Typist
Donald Cashfield	Youth / Clerk
Erik Chitty (1907-1977)	Official Receiver / Second Old Gentlemen
Peter Copley (1915-2008)	Compton Schloss / Registrar in Bankruptcy
Josephine Griffin	Freda Barcaldine
Grizelda Hervey	Mabel Barcaldine
Bertram Heyhoe	Philip Sales / Park Ticket-collector
Marie Home	Edith / Woman
John Kidd	Dr Hinchcliffe / First Old Gentleman
Frank Lawton	James Barcaldine
Phillip Leaver	Stanley Rosel
Lalage Lewis	Dolly Sales / Secretary
Elizabeth Maude	Doris Rosel
William Patrick	Godfrey Marvin / Usher
Victor Platt	Captain Bovill / Mr Everitt
David Preston	Register Office Junior / Waiter
Horace Sequeira	Dr Sangster Registrar of Marriage
William Sherwood	Henry Delauney
Meadows [or Meadow] White	Mr Clinchpole / Register Office Clerk

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 7.30pm on Thursday 21 May 1953.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

Irish drama

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 15 May 1953 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and brief article, p. 14