The Soul of Nicholas Snyder [scenes]

Summary

BBC Television production that presents scenes from Edward Stirling’s touring production of Jerome K. Jerome’s The Soul of Nicholas Snyder, as it was currently being performed at the Arts Theatre, London (the first English performance of this play).

Theatre play

The Soul of Nicholas Snyder by Jerome K. Jerome [more information]

Play synopsis

'The play is concerned with a man who is roughly a combination of Scrooge and Faust, a miser who exchanges his soul for that of a sailor’ (source: Radio Times Television Supplement, 8 January 1937, p. 6).

Production history

'The Arts Theatre staged this play for the first time in England, but Edward Stirling has toured with it all over the rest of Europe and America’ (source: Radio Times Television Supplement, 8 January 1937, p. 6).

Date of transmission

Monday 11 January 1937

Time

3.04pm (18 mins)

Series

Theatre Parade

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Theatre company

Arts Theatre Club

Credits

Television Presentation by

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Playwright

Jerome K. Jerome

Cast

Michel Bazalgette
Arthur Burne
Peter Copley (1915-2008)
Ena Moon
Peggy Simpson
Edward Stirling

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Print sources

Title

BBC Television Programme Records: vol. 1, 1937-38 (Book)

Reference

London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1938

Linking notes

listing on p. 3

Title

Other Broadcasting Stations (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Manchester Guardian, 11 January 1937, p. 2

Title

Radio Times, 8 January 1937 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 6