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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