Learning on ScreenThe Split in the Cabinet
- Summary
- 1938 BBC studio production of V. C. Clinton-Baddeley’s stage adaptation of The Split in the Cabinet by Stephen Leacock. This was presented as part of a double-bill with the one-act comedy The Cup That Cheers by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley and Joyce Dennys.
- Theatre play
- The Split in the Cabinet by Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) and V. C. Clinton-Baddeley (1900-1970) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 15 March 1938
- Time
- 9.30pm (30 mins)
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Playwright
- V. C. Clinton-Baddeley (1900-1970)
- Writer
- Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)
- Adaptor of Script
- V. C. Clinton-Baddeley (1900-1970)
- Cast
Frank Birch Harvey Braban Jan Bussell V. C. Clinton-Baddeley (1900-1970) Wilfred Fletcher Alexis France Don Gemmell Nadine March Neil Porter Douglas Stewart Margaret Yarde
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Re-presented at 3.30pm on Monday 21 March 1938.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- adaptation of short story
Print sources
- Title
- Broadcasting: Disney’s Snow White (Newspaper listing)
- Reference
- The Times, 15 March 1938, p. 12
- Title
- Radio Times, 11 March 1938 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 24
Associated programmes
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