The Foolish Gentlewoman

Summary

1953 BBC live studio production of Margery Sharp’s drama The Foolish Gentlewoman, based on her own novel.

Theatre play

The Foolish Gentlewoman by Margery Sharp [more information]

Play synopsis

The action of the play takes place on the terrace and in the winter garden of Isabel Brocken’s house on Chipping Hill.

Production history

First presented at the Duchess Theatre in London in 1949. Based on the author’s novel published the previous year.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 21 April 1953

Time

7.45-9.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Lionel Harris

Playwright

Margery Sharp

Sets / Settings

John Cooper

Cast

Betty Baskcomb	Tilly Cuff
Gladys Boot	Dora Tremayne
Fay Compton	Isabel Brocken
Mark Dignam	Simon Brocken
Hilda Fenemore	Mrs Poole
Desmond Jordan	Humphrey Garrett
Jean Lodge	Jacqueline Brown
Julie Somers	Greta Poole

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

adaptation of novel

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 17 April 1953 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 26; brief article, p. 14