The Man with a Load of Mischief

Summary

1952 BBC live studio production of Ashley Dukes’ comedy The Man with a Load of Mischief.

Theatre play

The Man with a Load of Mischief by Ashley Dukes (1885-1959) [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in a remote English country inn around 1800, this comedy concerns the guests who appear to be a nobleman and his manservant and a lady with her maid.

Production history

First published in September 1924; performed at the New Theatre, London, December 1924

Date of transmission

Sunday 14 December 1952

Time

8.40-10.20pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Michael Barry

Playwright

Ashley Dukes (1885-1959)

Cast

Tony Britton	Nobleman’s Man
Everley Gregg	Innkeeper’s Wife
Margaret Johnston	Lady
Lloyd M. Pearson	Innkeeper
Peggy Simpson	Lady’s Maid
André Van Gyseghem	Nobleman

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 7.15pm on Thursday 18 December 1952.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 12 December 1952 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 46; article by Eric Keown, ‘In Praise of the Dukeries’, p. 45