The Gamblers

Summary

BBC production of Nikolai Gogol’s The Gamblers, adapted into English.

Theatre play

The Gamblers by Nikolai Gogol [more information]

Play synopsis

A farcical comedy set in the Russian countryside.

Production history

Premiered in 1843.

Date of transmission

Saturday 11 March 1939

Time

9.40pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Eric Crozier (1914-1994)

Playwright

Nikolai Gogol

Adapted for Television by

Harold Bowen

Cast

George Benson	Alexey
Oscar Ebelsbacher	Krughel
Richard Fleury	Gavryushka
Eric Fortman	Iharyof
Morris Harvey	Glof
Christopher Steele	Zamuhryshkin
Martin Walker	Uteshitelny

Additional details

Later transmissions

Tuesday 14 March 1939, 3.10-4.00pm.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; farce; Russian drama

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 3 March 1939 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 16

Title

Televised Plays: Shaw, Gogol, and Bernard (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 13 March 1939, p. 10