The Clandestine Marriage

Summary

1958 BBC Television production of the 18th-century comedy The Clandestine Marriage.

Theatre play

The Clandestine Marriage by George Colman and David Garrick [more information]

Play synopsis

A satirical comedy. ‘The plot concerns a merchant, Mr Sterling, who wants to marry off his elder daughter to Sir John Melvil, who is actually in love with her younger sister, Fanny. Fanny, however, is in love with a humble clerk, Lovewell, whom she has secretly married. Her attempts to extricate herself from the arrangement with Melvil lead to her becoming the proposed bride of Melvil’s elderly uncle, Lord Ogleby. When the truth comes out, Fanny and Lovewell are forgiven.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clandestine_Marriage.

Production history

First performed at Drury Lane, London, in 1766.

Date of transmission

Sunday 16 March 1958

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Series

Television World Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Hal Burton

Playwright

George Colman

Playwright

David Garrick

Designer

Hal Burton

Cast

Doreen Aris	Fanny
Hermione Baddeley	Mrs Heidelberg
Geoffrey Bayldon	Lord Ogleby
Delia Corrie	Chambermaid
Cyril Denison	Servant
Michael Kent	Michael Kent
Esmond Knight	Sterling
Rosalind Knight	Betty
Eric Lander	Lovewell
Helen Lindsay	Miss Sterling
Jack May	Sir John Melvil
James McLoughlin	Servant
John Moffatt	Brush
Charles Lloyd Pack	Canton
Hartnell Stone	Hartnell Stone
Elizabeth Thorndike	Mrs trusty

Additional details

Play tags

18th-century setting; comedy; marriage

Print sources

Title

BBC Television: The Clandestine Marriage (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 17 March 1958, p. 3

Title

Radio Times, 14 March 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article and listing, p. 13