Mr Gillie

Summary: 1960 BBC production of Mr Gillie by James Bridie, from the BBC’s television studio in Scotland.
Theatre play: Mr Gillie by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]
Play synopsis: Bridie’s comedy ‘calls upon us to view the life of an obscure Scottish schoolmaster, as seen by a heavenly Judge and Procurator who speak the Prologue and Epilogue. Before the play opens, Mr. Gillie has in fact been knocked down and killed by a furniture van, and the flashback on his life in the Scottish village of Crult is the evidence on which he is ultimately allotted a place in Heaven next to no other than Abraham Lincoln. [...] The play is marked by Mr. Bridie’s customary dry humour and penetrating wit’. Source: http://www.alastairsim.net/Theatre/mrgillie.htm.
Production history: First staged in Glasgow in 1950.
Date of transmission: Monday 20 June 1960
Time: 8.15-9.35pm
Series: Twentieth Century Theatre
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

James MacTaggart

Playwright

James Bridie (1888-1951)

Adapted for Television by

Alastair Sim

Designer

Douglas Duncan

Cast

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