Mrs Dot

Summary

1954 live BBC studio production of Somerset Maugham’s comedy Mrs Dot.

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

Sunday 1 August 1954

Time

8.55-10.30pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Stephen Harrison

Playwright

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

Designer

Richard R. Greenough

Cast

Alban Blakelock	Butler
Jeremy Brett	Freddie Perkins
Fabia Drake	Lady Sellenger
Sonia Dresdel	'Mrs Dot’ (Mrs Worthley)
Edmund Gray	George
John Howlett	Mr Wright
Roddy Hughes	Mr Rixon
June Thorburn	Nellie Sellenger
Una Venning	Aunt Eliza
John Vere	Charles
Jack Watling	Gerald Halstane
Alan Wheatley	James Blenkinsop

Additional details

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 9.15pm on Thursday 5 August 1954.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; Edwardian drama; marriage

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 30 July 1954 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and caption by Peter Currie, p. 12