Viceroy Sarah
- Summary
- 1938 BBC Television studio production of Norman Ginsbury’s Viceroy Sarah, a historical drama about Sarah Churchill, wife of the Duke of Marlborough.
- Theatre play
- Viceroy Sarah by Norman Ginsbury (1902-1991) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 15 May 1938
- Time
- 9.25pm (60 mins)
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)
- Playwright
- Norman Ginsbury (1902-1991)
- Cast
Mark Dignam Colonel Parke Margaret Emden Mrs Danvers Barbara Everest Queen Anne W. E. Holloway Lord Godolphin Felix Irwin Robert Harley Olga Lindo Abigail Hill (Mrs Masham) Olaf Olsen George, Prince of Denmark
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Re-presented at 3pm on Friday 20 May 1938.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- 18th-century setting; historical drama
Print sources
- Title
- Broadcasting: Light Music and a Play (Newspaper listing)
- Reference
- The Times, 20 May 1938, p. 14
- Title
- Radio Times, 13 May 1938 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 16
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