Devonshire Cream

Summary

1960 BBC production of the comedy Devonshire Cream by Eden Phillpotts, from the BBC’s West of England television studio. This was the first television presentation of the play which had already received six productions on radio.

Theatre play

Devonshire Cream by Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy. The story of a young couple in love. Like Romeo and Juliet their families are engaged in a long-standing feud.

Production history

Played at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1924, and possibly elsewhere earlier (source: http://theatricalia.com/play/3ca/devonshire-cream/production/ekh).

Date of transmission

Saturday 9 April 1960

Time

8.15-9.45pm

Series

Saturday Playhouse

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Patrick Dromgoole

Playwright

Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960)

Composer

Sidney Sager

Designer

Desmond Chinn

Cast

Jean Anderson	Amy Widecombe
Robert Cawdron	Gregory Sweet
Derek Francis	Elias Widecombe
Hedley Goodall	Billy Blee
Jocelyn James	Beth Widecombe
Nigel Stock	Robert Blanchard
Margaret Wedlake	Jenny Sweet
Meadows [or Meadow] White	Joseph Munday

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 1 April 1960 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, article and photograph on p. 27; article, p. 4