Gilt and Gingerbread [scene]

Summary

1959 BBC presentation of a scene from Lionel Hale’s comedy Gilt and Gingerbread, televised directly from the Duke of York’s Theatre, London.

Theatre play

Gilt and Gingerbread by Lionel Hale [more information]

Play synopsis

A light comedy in which a middle-aged stockbroker wagers all his money on ‘Patagonian Uranium’. The bailiffs make an appearance, but all ends happily.

Production history

First staged in 1958 at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle (source: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hale-lionel.html#15111). Published in 1960.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 7 July 1959

Time

8.00-8.45pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Harold French

Television Presentation by

John Vernon

Playwright

Lionel Hale

Sets / Settings

Michael Weight

Cast

Kara Aldridge	Manuela
Richard Briers	Joseph Field
John Clements (1910-1988)	Charles Yeyder
Walter Fitzgerald	Francis Bolderwood
Kay Hammond	Louise Yeyder
Eileen Peel	Perdita Cull
Hugh Sinclair	Mortimer Wilmot

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; economic affairs

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 3 July 1959 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, with photograph, p. 11

Title

Unfulfilled Promise (Newspaper review of stage production)

Reference

The Times, 18 April 1959, p. 8