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Happy and Glorious, Part 6: 1891-1900

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 18 October 1952
Time
8.50-9.25pm
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 AldridgePrince Edward
Renée AshersonQueen Victoria
Iris BakerLady Jane Churchill
John Boyd-BrentPrince Henry of Prussia
John BurchSir Henry Ponsonby
Wynne ClarkMrs Gladstone
Hilda FenemorePrincess Beatrice
Philip HowardAttendant
Beatrice KaneMrs Clayton
Leonard SachsLord Rosebery
Edmund WillardMr Gladstone
Winifred WillardPrincess Victoria
Ireland WoodLord Kitchener

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, 10 October 1952 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 49

Associated programmes

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