My Perfect Husband [excerpt]

Summary

1965 BBC presentation of an excerpt from the production of the comedy My Perfect Husband by Henry J. Meyer at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, by arrangement with Blackpool Tower Company Ltd. This was a special performance before an invited audience.

Theatre play

My Perfect Husband by Henry J. Meyer [more information]

Play synopsis

Thora wins £500 in a women’s magazine competition to find the perfect husband, but she didn’t enter the competition and her husband Freddie is far from perfect. Can she make him fit for the description?

Production history

First performed at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, in 1965.

Date of transmission

Friday 25 June 1965

Time

8.30-9.15pm

Channel

BBC1

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Frederick Farley

Alfred Black

George Black

Television Presentation by

Barney Colehan

Playwright

Henry J. Meyer

Sets / Settings

Anthony Holland

Cast

Michael Blackham
Freddie Frinton	Freddie
Barney Gilbraith
Joe Gladwin
Thora Hird	Thora
Diane Holland
Gordon Honey
David Jackson
Stanley Platts
Patricia Read
Bernard Shine
Marti Webb

Additional details

Play tags

comedy; marriage

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 17 June 1965 (Magazine)

Linking notes

articles and image, p. 51; listing, p. 55