Laburnum Grove

Summary

1938 BBC Television studio recording of J. B. Priestley’s drama Laburnum Grove.

Theatre play

Laburnum Grove by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]

Play synopsis

'In order to get rid of his sponging relatives, a man declares to them that he is a master forger. Considerable doubt begins to arise about whether he may actually be telling the truth.' (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laburnum_Grove_%28play%29.)

Production history

First staged in November 1933 at the Duchess Theatre in London (source: Radio Times, 12 April 1957, p. 7); published London: Heinemann 1934)

Date of transmission

Thursday 4 August 1938

Time

3.00-4.15pm (75 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Michael Barry

Playwright

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)

Adapted for Television by

Michael Barry

Cast

Kitty de Legh	Mrs Dorothy Radfern
Maurice Denham	George Radfern
Leslie Harcourt	Sergeant Morris
Rosemary Lomax	Elsie Radfern
Frederick Piper	Joe Fletten
Trevor Reid	Harold Russ
Susan Richards	Mrs Lucy Baxley
John Turnbull	Inspector Stack
Charles Victor	Bernard Baxley

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 9.00pm on Saturday 6 August 1938.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

From the Palace to the Grove (Book)

Author/creator

Michael Barry (Author)

Reference

London: Royal Television Society, 1992

Linking notes

p. 33 mention

Title

Radio Times, 25 July 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 16

Title

Television (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

Anonymous (Reviewer)

Reference

The Observer, 7 August 1938, p. 3