The Trial of Mary Dugan

Summary

BBC production of Bayard Veiller’s The Trial of Mary Dugan.

Theatre play

The Trial of Mary Dugan by Bayard Veiller [more information]

Play synopsis

The action takes place in New York’s Supreme Court where the famous and beautiful Mary Dugan is charged with the murder of her lover Edgar Rice, the multimillionaire. But this is no ordinary crime of passion.

Production history

The play was produced in London in 1928, and possibly in America before this.

Date of transmission

Thursday 21 February 1957

Time

8.30pm (90 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Douglas Allen

Playwright

Bayard Veiller

Cast

Pamela Alan	Mrs Edgar Rice
John Arnatt	District Attorney Galwey
Roland Brand	A Court Attendant
Gaylord Cavallaro	A Lawyer (Interpreter)
Constance Cummings	Mary Dugan, known as Mona Tree
Pat English	Ferne Arthur
John Evans	A Reporter
Sandra Francis	Pauline Agguerro
John Harvey	Police Inspector Hunt
Mark Heath	James Madison
Robert Henderson	Judge Nash
Robert Long	Assistant District Attorney
Errol MacKinnon	Patrick Kearney
Robert MacLeod	Court Stenographer
Tucker McGuire	Dagmar Lorne
Warren Mitchell	Henry Plaisted
Stuart Nichol	Clerk of the Court
Robert O’Neil	Police Captain Price
William Sherwood	Dr Welcome
Wiliam Sylvester	Jimmy Dugan
Alan Tilvern	Edward West
Marda Vanne	Marie Ducrot
Constance Wake	May Harris

Additional details

Play tags

American drama; court-room drama

Print sources

Title

BBC Television: The Trial of Mary Dugan (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 22 February 1957, p. 3

Title

Radio Times, 15 February 1957 (Magazine)

Linking notes

pp. 7 (article) and 21 (listing)

Title

Six Screens at Once (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

Maurice Richardson (Reviewer)

Reference

The Observer, 24 February 1957, p. 10