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Lady Precious Stream

Summary
1938 BBC studio production of the Chinese play Lady Precious Stream by Shih I. Hsiung.
Theatre play
Lady Precious Stream by Shih I. Hsiung (1902-1991) [more information]
Date of transmission
Wednesday 15 June 1938
Time
3.00-4.10pm (70 mins)
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Michael Barry
Playwright
Shih I. Hsiung (1902-1991)
Cast
Alan Aldridge
Hazel Berger
Carl Bonn
Howard Devonshire
Eileen Erskine
Mavis Gordon
Helen Horsey
Philippa Howard
William HutchisonHsieh Ping Kuie
Rolf Lefebvre
Josephine Middleton
André Morrell
Michael Nono
Brian Oulton
Esmé Percy
Barry Phelps
Rose Power
Dennis Price (1915-1973)
John Rudling
Alyce Sandor
Emma Trechman
Dennis Wray

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 9.20pm on Friday 17 June at 9.20pm.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
China, as theme or setting; Chinese drama; historical drama

Print sources

Title
Broadcasting: La Boheme in Full (Newspaper listing)
Reference
The Times, 15 June 1938, p. 26
Title
From the Palace to the Grove (Book)
Author/creator
Michael Barry (Author)
Reference
London: Royal Television Society, 1992
Linking notes
pp. 28-29 with description of play and production
Title
Radio Times, 10 June 1938 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 18

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