The Man in the Bowler Hat

Summary
1938 BBC Television studio production of A. A. Milne’s one-act farce The Man in the Bowler Hat.
Theatre play
The Man in the Bowler Hat: A Terribly Exciting Affair by A. A. Milne (1882-1956) [more information]
Date of transmission
Friday 15 July 1938
Time
9.55-10.10pm (15 mins)
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Moultrie R. Kelsall (1901-1980)
Playwright
A. A. Milne (1882-1956)
Cast
Jean Adrienne
Dennis Arundell (1898-1988)
Harry Douglas
Walter Horsbrugh
Gordon James
Oliver Johnston
John Ruddock
Jean Shepherd
Gertrude Sterroll

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 3.50pm on Tuesday 19 July 1938
Notes
This was part of a collection of Three Short Plays presented on the same day: In a Train to Exeter by Anthony Shaw (adapted from a short story by J. Geoffrey Stewart); E. and O. E. by Eliot Crawshay-Williams; and The Man in the Bowler Hat by A. A. Milne. In the Radio Times the cast are credited collectively for the three plays.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy; farce

Print sources

Title
Broadcasting: Mozart Revival (Newspaper listing)
Reference
The Times, 15 July 1938, p. 11
Title
Radio Times, 8 July 1938 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 16

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