Everyman

Summary: This BBC Television production of the masque Everyman was arranged by H. D. C. Pepler. The Radio Times (19 March 1937, p. 6) states that: ‘This morality play, translated from the Dutch manuscript of 1520, was originally inscribed: "A Treatyse how the hye fader of heven sendeth dethe to somon every creature to come and gyve a counte of theyr lyves in this worlde". In this production there will be two unseen speakers to read the text, and on the screen there will be a mimed interpretation’.
Theatre play: Everyman by Anonymous [more information]
Play synopsis: A late 15th-century English morality play.'The play is the allegorical accounting of the life of Everyman, who represents all mankind. In the course of the action, Everyman tries to convince other characters to accompany him in the hope of improving his account. All the characters are also allegorical, each personifying an abstract idea such as Fellowship, (material) Goods, and Knowledge. The conflict between good and evil is dramatised by the interactions between characters.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyman_(play).
Production history: The first modern stage production was in July 1901 when William Poel and The Elizabethan Stage Society performed the text in London.
Date of transmission: Friday 26 March 1937
Time: 3.35pm (25 mins)
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producers

H. D. C. Pepler, Stephen Thomas

Adaptor of Script

H. D. C. Pepler

Conductor

Hyam Greenbaum

Orchestra Directed by

Boris Pecker (BBC Television Orchestra)

Sets / Settings

Peter Bax

Sets / Settings

H. D. C. Pepler

Masks by

Thomas Derrick

Cast

Later transmissions: Broadcast again on Friday 26 March 1937 at 9.35pm
Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: 15th-century setting; 16th-century setting; Medieval drama; morality play

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