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Caught Napping

Summary
1963 BBC production of the farce Caught Napping by Geoffrey Lumsden, rewritten by the author especially for Brian Rix and the Whitehall Company.
Theatre play
Caught Napping by Geoffrey Lumsden [more information]
Date of transmission
Saturday 13 April 1963
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Series
Brian Rix Presents
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Wallace Douglas
Playwright
Geoffrey Lumsden
Sets / Settings
Rhoda Gray
Cast
Rona AndersonJill Wilding
John BarronDr Rodd
Ray CooneyLaker-Hopp
Linda DixonMabel
Hazel DouglasMatron
Felix FeltonMr Justice Laker-Hopp
Leo FranklynHenry
Basil LordArchie D’Arcy
Geoffrey LumsdenGeneral Cartmichael
Peter MercierTalky
Nan MunroLady Cartmichael
Brian Rix (1924-)Gordon Wilding

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
farce; schools, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 11 April 1963 (Magazine)
Linking notes
illustrated article, p. 7; listing, p. 9

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