The Two Virtues

Summary

1955 BBC production of the comedy The Two Virtues by Alfred Sutro.

Theatre play

The Two Virtues by Alfred Sutro (1863-1933) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy set in London in 1914 in which different women in the life of Jeffery Panton, ‘a languid and wealthy bachelor’, are brought into conflict in order to question the social conventions of the time (Radio Times, 19 August 1955, p. 14).

Production history

Published in 1914.

Date of transmission

Sunday 21 August 1955

Time

9.30-10.45pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Stephen Harrison

Playwright

Alfred Sutro (1863-1933)

Designer

Stewart Marshall

Cast

Peter Copley (1915-2008)	Claude Jervoise
Fabia Drake	Lady Milligan
Jonathan Field	Baylis
Sara Gregory	Isabel Jervoise
Alexis Milne	Mary
Margaretta Scott	Mrs Guildford
Hugh Sinclair	Jeffery Panton
Marjorie Stewart	Alice Exern

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 19 August 1955 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, article and image on p. 14