Barbara’s Wedding

Summary

1954 live BBC studio production of J. M. Barrie’s one-act drama Barbara’s Wedding.

Theatre play

Barbara’s Wedding by J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) [more information]

Play synopsis

'The Colonel is an old man. In his mind, past and present merge. But love remains . . . ' (TV Times, 5 July 1973, p. 45).

Production history

Dated to 1918.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 10 November 1954

Time

7.45-8.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Brandon Acton-Bond

Playwright

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937)

Designer

Roy Oxley

Cast

Robert Brown	Dering
Barbara Everest	Colonel’s Wife
Kenneth Fortescue	Billy
Henry Oscar (1891-1969)	Colonel
Oscar Quitak	Karl
Ann Stephens	Barbara

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 5 November 1954 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 28