Marigold

Summary

1948 BBC Television production of the Scottish comedy Marigold by L. Allen Harker and F. R. Pryor.

Theatre play

Marigold by L. Allen Harker (1863-1933) and F. R. Pryor [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in 1842, the play concerns a young girl who runs away from home to see Queen Victoria in Edinburgh.

Production history

Text published as a French’s Acting Edition (London: Samuel French, 1928). A film adaptation starring Sophie Stewart, directed by Thomas Bentley, was released in 1938.

Date of transmission

Thursday 1 January 1948

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Theatre company

[choose none of these]

Credits

Producer

Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)

Playwright

L. Allen Harker (1863-1933)

Playwright

F. R. Pryor

Sets / Settings

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Margaret Boyd	Mrs PRingle
Janet Brown	Marigold
Rosamund Greenwood	Miss Sarita Dunlop
Alastair Hunter	James Payton
Alan Judd	St Leger Carington
Angus Macaulay	Piper
Graeme Muir	Archie Forsyth
Hugh Munro	Peter Gloag
Michael O’Halloran	Major Andrew Sellar
Katharine Page	Robina MacFarraline
George Selway	Mordan
Geoffrey Steele	Bobbie Townsend
Netta Westcott	Madame Marly
Joy Young	Miss Valencia Dunlop
Kenneth Young	Nigel Lumsden

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Friday 2 January 1948.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; royalty; Scottish drama

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 26 December 1947 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article and listing, pp. 2[9?] and 31