Arsenic and Old Lace
- Summary
- BBC production of Joseph Kesselring’s farcical dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace.
- Theatre play
- Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 2 June 1957
- Time
- 8.00pm
- Series
- Sunday-Night Theatre
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- Hugh Stewart
- Producer
- Barbara Burnham
- Playwright
- Joseph Kesselring
- Designer
- Frederick Knapman
- Cast
Anna Barry Elaine Harper George Benson Teddy Brewster Larry Burns Officer Brophy Jean Cadell Abby Brewster Dan Cunningham Officer O’Hara Valentine Dyall Jonathan Brewster Charles Farrell Lieutenant Rooney John Gordon Officer Klein William Lucas Mortimer Brewster Arthur Ridley Mr Witherspoon Frederick Schrecker Dr Einstein Tony Sympson Mr Gibbs Marda Vanne Martha Brewster Richard Williams The Rev. Dr Harper
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- American drama; comedy; farce
Print sources
- Title
- Arsenic and Old Lace (Audience Research Report)
- Archive
- BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]
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- Reference
- Report reference VR/57/308, held in file R9/7/28
- Title
- BBC Television: Arsenic and Old Lace (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Times, 3 June 1957, p. 3
- Title
- Facing the Globe (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Maurice Richardson (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Observer, 9 June 1957, p. 10
- Title
- On the Air (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- G. A. Olden (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Irish Times, 6 June 1957, p. 8
- Title
- Radio Times, 31 May 1957 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- pp. 9 (article) and 11 (listing)
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