Follow the Plough

Summary: 1953 BBC live studio production of R. F. Delderfield’s play Follow the Plough which earlier in the month had played at the "Q" Theatre, London.
Theatre play: Follow the Plough by R. F. [Ronald Frederick] Delderfield (1912-1972) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'When old farmer Brewer dies no one can find his will so it looks like his Cockney cousins will inherit it. They know nothing of farming and would like to make a quick profit by selling it.' (Source: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsD/delderfield-r-f.html#95406; accessed 10 April 2015.)
Production history: Produced at the Theatre Club, Leatherhead, in March 1953, then at the "Q" Theatre, London on 1 December 1953; the following year it ran at the Garrick Theatre for a month under the title Where There’s a Will...
Date of transmission: Tuesday 22 December 1953
Time: 9.00-10.30pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Leonard Brett

Playwright

R. F. [Ronald Frederick] Delderfield (1912-1972)

Sets / Settings

Richard R. Greenough

Cast

Origination: Live from studio
Vision original: Monochrome
Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: comedy; Devon, as theme or setting; farming, and / or the agricultural life; inheritance

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