The Masque of Kings

Summary

1955 BBC production of The Masque of Kings by Maxwell Anderson.

Theatre play

The Masque of Kings by Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) [more information]

Play synopsis

The action of the play takes place in the year 1889, in the study of the Emperor Franz Joseph in the Hofburg Palace, Vienna; in the apartments of the Crown Prince Rudolph; and in a hunting-lodge at Mayerling.

Production history

Premiered at the Shubert Theatre, New York, 6 February 1936.

Date of transmission

Sunday 19 June 1955

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Royston Morley

Playwright

Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)

Designer

Barry Learoyd

Cast

Ronald Adam (1896-1979)	Herr Sceps
Jane Barrett	The Baroness Marie Vetsera
Geoffrey Bellman	A Servant
Clive Brooks
George Cooper
David Crane
Roger Gage	The Archduke John of Tuscany
Joan Heath	The Empress Elizabeth of Austria
Richard Holden
Michael Judan
Robert Raikes
Ivan Samson	Count Hoyos
Horace Sequeira	Loschek
John Sharplin	Captain Koinoff
Basil Sydney	The Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria
Austin Trevor	Count Taafe
Frank Windsor	The Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria

Additional details

Play tags

19th-century setting; American drama; Austria, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 17 June 1955 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, article and image, p. 23