High Temperature

Summary

1963 BBC production of the farce High Temperature by Avery Hopwood.

Theatre play

High Temperature by Avery Hopwood (1882-1928) [more information]

Play synopsis

The story of this farce concerns the predicament of Tony Hamilton, who finds himself concealed beneath the bed of a young woman who is confined to her room with a bad cold.

Production history

Performed in London in the 1940s.

Date of transmission

Thursday 26 December 1963

Time

9.05-10.20pm

Series

Brian Rix Presents; Laughter from the Whitehall

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Wallace Douglas

Playwright

Avery Hopwood (1882-1928)

Sets / Settings

Stanley Moore

Cast

Arthur Barrett	Jimmie Galen
John Barron	Freddie Neville
Colin Douglas	Police Sergeant
Leo Franklyn	Weeks
Elspeth Gray	Betty Neville
Helen Jessop	Lucia Galen
Peter Mercier	Joe
Larry Noble	Mike
Brian Rix (1924-)	Tony Hamilton
Joan Sanderson	Aunt Cicely
Carole Shelley	Bernice Warren

Additional details

Origination

Recorded in theatre

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Repeated on BBC2 at 7.35pm on 9 September 1964

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; farce

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 19 December 1963 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 43; listing, p. 45