Learning on ScreenHappy and Glorious, Part 5: 1875-1887
- Summary
- 1952 BBC production of Victoria Regina, Laurence Housman’s dramatised biography of Queen Victoria, produced live from the studio and transmitted in six parts.
- Theatre play
- Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman (1865-1959) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Saturday 11 October 1952
- Time
- 8.510-8.40pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Desmond Davis
- Playwright
- Laurence Housman (1865-1959)
- Adapted for Television by
- Desmond Davis
- Sets / Settings
- Stephen Bundy
- Assistant Producer
- Tony Richardson
- Cast
Michael Aldridge Prince Edward Renée Asherson Queen Victoria Wilfred Boyle Photographer Laidman Browne Doctor Grove Hilda Fenemore Princess Beatrice Gordon Harris Gentleman in Attendance R. Stuart [Stuart] Lindsell Senior Court Official Ernest Milton Benjamin Disraeli Brian Oulton Monsieur Constant John Rae John Brown Tottie Truman-Taylor First Lady-in-waiting Joy Whybrew Second Lady-in-waiting
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- biographical play; royalty
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 3 October 1952 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 49
Associated programmes
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