And Then There Were None

Summary

This BBC Television production of R. F. Delderfield’s comedy And Then There Were None was transmitted from the ‘BBC’s West of England studio’ (Radio Times, 23 March 1956, p. 2).

Theatre play

And Then There Were None by R. F. [Ronald Frederick] Delderfield (1912-1972) [more information]

Play synopsis

This one-act comedy was set on the eve of the 1906 General Election.

Production history

Published in a French’s Acting Edition in 1954, strongly indicating that it may have been staged prior to the 1956 BBC Television production.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 27 March 1956

Time

7.30pm (30 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Owen Reed

Playwright

R. F. [Ronald Frederick] Delderfield (1912-1972)

Designer

Desmond Chinn

Cast

June Barrie	Topping
Paul Eddington	The Hon. Esmond Delahaye
Lewis Gedge	Sir Hector Fanshaew-Scott
Anne [or Ann] McGrath	Iris Fanshaew-Scott
Audrey Noble	Lady Fanshaew-Scott
Jennifer White	A Suffragette

Additional details

Play tags

comedy; politics

Print sources

Title

Radio and TV Programmes (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Manchester Guardian, 27 March 1956, p. 13

Title

Radio Times, ** March 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 2