The Distaff Side

Summary

1958 BBC Television production of The Distaff Side by John van Druten.

Theatre play

The Distaff Side: A Comedy of Women by John van Druten (1901-1957) [more information]

Production history

Dated to 1933.

Date of transmission

Saturday 18 January 1958

Time

9.00-10.30pm

Series

Saturday Playhouse

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Archie Campbell

Playwright

John van Druten (1901-1957)

Designer

Fanny Taylor

Cast

Keith Anderson	Toby Chegwidden
Anne Bishop	Alex Millward
Jeremy Burnham	Roland Millward
Mary Ellis	Mrs Evie Millward
Rosamund Greenwood	Miss Spicer
Dorothy Holmes-Gore	Miss Theresa Venables
Hugh Latimer	Christopher Venables
Jean Marlow	Rose
Hugh Moxey	Gilbert ‘Gillie’ Baize
Helena Pickard	Mrs Nellie Fletcher
Donald Price	Charles Hubbard
Lesley Wareing	Mrs Frobisher
Gladys Young	Mrs Venables

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Print sources

Title

BBC Programmes for the Weekend (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Times, 18 January 1958, p. 4

Title

Radio Times, 10 January 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 17