Gilt and Gingerbread

Summary

Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Lionel Hale’s comedy Gilt and Gingerbread.

Theatre play

Gilt and Gingerbread by Lionel Hale [more information]

Play synopsis

A light comedy in which a middle-aged stockbroker wagers all his money on ‘Patagonian Uranium’. The bailiffs make an appearance, but all ends happily.

Production history

First staged in 1958 at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle (source: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hale-lionel.html#15111). Published in 1960.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 5 September 1961

Time

9.35-11.05pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director

Richard West

Playwright

Lionel Hale

Adaptor of Script

Amy Stuart

Cast

Terence Alexander	Mortimer Wilmot
Joan Benham	Perdita Cull
Ian Carmichael	Charles Yeyder
Norman Hartley	Jeremy
Moira Lister	Louise Yeyder
Dyson Lovell	Joseph Field
William Mervyn	Harry
Malou Pantera	Manuela
Raymond Rollett	Van Man

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; economic affairs

Print sources

Title

Comedy Gets New Style of Treatment (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 6 September 1961, p. 15

Title

Gilt and Gingerbread (Archive file)

Archive

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Reference

Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers, file reference ART/538

Notes

This slim file contains a Programme as Telecast document, correspondence and contracts.