Quinney’s

Summary

BBC Television production of the comedy Quinney’s, with Wilfred Pickles in the title role.

Theatre play

Quinney’s by Horace Annesley Vachell [more information]

Play synopsis

This comedy, set in London in 1910, concerns the domestic life of antique dealer Joseph Quinney who is dissatisfied with his daughter Posy’s choice of beau, his own foreman James, whom he would rather marry his secretary Ethel.

Production history

Quinney’s was first produced c. 1915 and the last performance seen in London prior to this television production was in 1925 (Radio Times, 14 September 1956, p. 15).

Date of transmission

Sunday 16 September 1956

Time

8.15pm (85 mins)

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Chloe Gibson

Playwright

Horace Annesley Vachell

Designer

Austin Spriggs

Cast

Percy Cartwright	Dupont Jordan
Alan Edwards	James Miggott
Silvia Herklots	Posy
Megs Jenkins	Mrs Quinney
Bill Nagy	Cyrus P. Hunsaker
Maureen O’Reilly	Ethel Dredge
James Page
Lloyd M. Pearson	Sam Tomlin
Wilfred Pickles	Joseph Quinney
Tom Watson

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

BBC Television: Mr Wilfred Pickles As Quinney (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 17 September 1956, p. 3

Title

Radio Times, 14 September 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

front cover image; pp. 14 (listing) and 15 (article).