Twenty Minutes South [excerpt]

Summary
1955 BBC presentation of an excerpt from the Players Theatre, London production of the musical comedy Twenty Minutes South by Maurice Browning. A special performance before an invited audience from the St Martin’s Theatre, London, by arrangement with Players Ventures Ltd.
Theatre play
Twenty Minutes South by Maurice Browning [more information]
Date of transmission
Monday 8 August 1955
Time
8.15-9.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC
Theatre company
Players’ Theatre, London

Credits

Producer
Hattie Jacques
Television Presentation by
Michael Henderson
Book by
Maurice Browning
Composer
Peter Greenwell
Lyrics
Maurice Browning
Conductor
Robert Probst
Set Designer
Reginald Woolley
Costume Designer
Reginald Woolley
Dances Arranged by
Mark Stuart
Introduced by
Brian Johnston
Cast
Daphne AndersonKitty Hemming
Joan BaileyJane Banister
Brian BladesFred
Brian Tipping CoddPaper Boy / Mr Casey
Michael DarbyshireHenry Bates
Betty FelsteadMrs Brownlow
Josephine GordonMiss Flynn
Robin HunterRoger Bates
Michael KentGeorge Banister
Natalie KentEthel Banister
John Le MesurierArthur Harris
Philip LewtasMr Thompson
Kenneth LuckmanMr Gray
Jack ManuelBert
Jane MartinMrs Thompson
Graham McCormackPostman / Office Boy
Louie RamsaySusan Banister
Donald ScottBob Williams
Douglas SquiresHarry
Valerie SwinnardMiss Mason
Totti Truman TaylorSybil Bates
Mavis TraillMiss Martin

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy; musical

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 5 August 1955 (Magazine)
Linking notes
image, p. 15; listing, p. 20

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