Laburnum Grove

Summary

BBC production of J. B. Priestley’s Laburnum Grove.

Theatre play

Laburnum Grove by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]

Play synopsis

'In order to get rid of his sponging relatives, a man declares to them that he is a master forger. Considerable doubt begins to arise about whether he may actually be telling the truth.' (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laburnum_Grove_%28play%29.)

Production history

First staged in November 1933 at the Duchess Theatre in London (source: Radio Times, 12 April 1957, p. 7); published London: Heinemann 1934)

Date of transmission

Sunday 14 April 1957

Time

8.00pm

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Gerard Glaister

Playwright

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)

Designer

Stephen Taylor

Cast

Angela Baddeley	Mrs Dorothy Radfern
Raymond Francis	Bernard Baxley
Ruth Gower	Mrs Lucy Baxley
James Hayter	George Radfern
Frederick Jaeger	Harold Russ
Sam Kydd	Joe Fletten
Jack Lambert	Inspector Stack
Gillian Owen	Elsie Radfern
Frank Pettitt	Sergeant Morris

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

BBC Television: Laburnum Grove (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 15 April 1957, p. 5

Title

Radio Times, 12 April 1957 (Magazine)

Linking notes

pp. 7 (article) and 15 (listing)