Many Waters

Summary

1938 BBC Television studio production of Monckton Hoffe’s romantic drama Many Waters. Nicholas Hannen, credited as producer with Stephen Harrison, was the stage producer of the Ambassadors Theatre production of the play in 1928-29.

Theatre play

Many Waters by Monckton Hoffe (1880-1951) [more information]

Play synopsis

A couple recall the small dramas and pleasures of their lives.

Production history

Produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, London in 1928-29. Published in London: Victor Gollancz, 1928. In 1931 a film version was produced by British International Pictures and directed by Milton Rosmer.

Date of transmission

Monday 17 October 1938

Time

3.00pm (90 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producers

Nicholas Hannen, Stephen Harrison

Playwright

Monckton Hoffe (1880-1951)

Cast

Dora Barton
Lindesay Baxter
Maurice Denham
Stanley Drewitt
William Fox
Cyril Gardiner
Guy Glover
Nicholas Hannen
Lawrence Hanray
J. Hubert Leslie
Nadine March
Gordon McLeod
Ena Moon
Ellen Pollock
Athene Seyler (1889-1990)
Norman Shelley
Margot Sieveking
Merle Tottenham
Leo von Pokorny

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 9.00pm on Tuesday 18 October 1938.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

Irish drama

Print sources

Title

Broadcasting: Monday Night at Seven (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Times, 17 October 1938, p. 20

Title

Radio Times, 14 October 1938 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 18