Juniper Hall

Summary

This production of Juniper Hall by Leatherhead Repertory Company was transmitted from the London studios of the BBC.

Theatre play

Juniper Hall by Winifred Gerin [more information]

Play synopsis

Juniper Hall was Gerin’s first play, ‘a three-act drama about the romance between Fanny Burney and Gen. Alexandre d’Arblay’ (http://www.bookrags.com/biography/winifred-gerin-dlb/4.html, accessed 30 December 2011).

Production history

'It first played in repertory theatre, then in 1956 was performed on BBC television, and subsequently on radio in Canada and Australia’ (http://www.bookrags.com/biography/winifred-gerin-dlb/4.html, accessed 30 December 2011). Radio Times informs us that the Leatherhead Repertory Company first staged the play in 1952, prior to their performance for BBC Television in 1956.

Date of transmission

Thursday 12 April 1956

Time

8.00pm (90 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Theatre company

Leatherhead Repertory Company

Credits

Producer

Douglas Allen

Playwright

Winifred Gerin

Designer

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Michael Allinson	General Alexandre d’Arblay
Bernard Brown	Marquis de Jaucourt
Kathleen Crawley	Susan Phillips, née Burney
Glyn Davys	Comte Louis de Narbonne
Lee Fox	Talleyrand
Megan Latimer	Madame de Stael
James Lenton	Courtiade, Talleyrand’s valet
Hazel Vincent Wallace	Betsy, the Phillips’ maid
Rosemary Webster	Fanny Burney
Alan White	Captain Phillips

Print sources

Title

BBC Television: Juniper Hall (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 13 April 1956, p. 3

Title

Radio Times, 6 April 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing on p. 36

Title

Smoke in Your Eyes (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

Maurice Richardson (Reviewer)

Reference

The Observer, 15 April 1956, p. 14