Mrs Dot

Summary

1958 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Mrs Dot by W. Somerset Maugham.

Theatre play

Mrs Dot by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy in which a wealthy young widow, Mrs Dot, seeks to disentangle the man she loves, Gerald Halstane, from an unhappy engagement so that she may marry him herself. After a number of complications and misunderstandings, she eventually succeeds.

Production history

First performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, on 27 April 1908.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 10 December 1958

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director

Robert Tronson

Playwright

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

Adapted for Television by

Robert Tronson

Sets / Settings

Michael Wield

Cast

Joyce Barbour	Aunt Eliza
Barbara Brown	Nellie Sellenger
Phyllis Calvert	Mrs Dot
Clive Dunn	Charles
Colin Gordon	James Blenkinsop
Harvey Hall	Freddie Perkins
David Oxley	Gerald Halstane
Ellen Pollock	Lady Sellenger

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; Edwardian drama; marriage

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 5 December 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 31; article, pp. 14-15