Mary Rose

Summary

BBC Television production of J. M. Barrie’s play Mary Rose.

Theatre play

Mary Rose by J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) [more information]

Play synopsis

In this play, Mary Rose vanishes twice. First for twenty-one days, as a child on remote Scottish island; the second time as a young wife and mother, on a visit to the same island but this time for a period of decades. When she is found she has not aged and has no awareness of the passage of time.

Production history

Premiered in London in April 1920.

Date of transmission

Sunday 1 January 1939

Time

9.05-10.35pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Playwright

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937)

Cast

Frank Cellier	Mr Amy
Esmond Knight	Harry and Simon Blake
John Laurie	Cameron
Winifred Oughton	Mrs Otery
J. H. Roberts	Mr Morland
Margaret Vines	Mary Rose
[Dame] May Whitty	Mrs Morland

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

mystery; Scotland, as theme or setting; Scottish drama; supernatural

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 30 December 1938 (Magazine)

Linking notes

mentioned in an article by ‘The Scanner’ on p. 15; listing on p. 16

Title

Television (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

E. H. R. (Reviewer)

Reference

The Observer, 8 January 1939, p. 21