C’est la guerre

Summary

1938 BBC Television studio production of Morland Graham’s one-act play C’est la guerre.

Theatre play

C’est la guerre by Morland Graham [more information]

Play synopsis

'An incident of the Great War.'

Production history

Produced in November 1928 as part of a multiple bill of one-act plays at Berkeley Halls, Glasgow. Published in 1927 in Glasgow by Brown, Son and Ferguson.

Date of transmission

Monday 7 March 1938

Time

3.40pm (20 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Moultrie R. Kelsall (1901-1980)

Playwright

Morland Graham

Cast

Hector Abbas	M. Dubois
Morland Graham	Private Jock Brown
Marcella Salzer	Marie Dubois

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 9.35pm on Friday 11 March 1938.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

First World War, as theme or setting; France, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Broadcasting: Chamber Music and a Play (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Times, 7 March 1938, p. 25

Title

Radio Times, 4 March 1938 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 19