Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,904 playable programmes from the BBC

by Maxwell Anderson.
The action of the play takes place in the year 1889, in the study of the Emperor Franz Joseph in the Hofburg Palace, Vienna; in the apartments of the Crown Prince Rudolph; and in a hunting-lodge at Mayerling.
(Repeat performance)
(to 16.30)

Contributors

Writer:
Maxwell Anderson
Settings:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Royston Morley
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria:
Arthur Wontner
Captain Koinoff:
Carl Jaffe
Servant:
Nicholas Hill
Empress Elizabeth of Austria:
Mary Newcomb
Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria:
John Bailey
Loschek:
Frederick Ross
A maid:
Lilian Arland
Baroness Mary Vetsera:
Jill Balcon
Archduke John of Tuscany:
John Oxford
Herr Seeps (Editor of the Vienna Tageblatt):
Stafford Byrne
Count Taafe:
George Bishop
Count Hoyos (Commander of the Vienna Garrison):
Norman Claridge
Officers and soldiers:
Christopher West
Officers and soldiers:
Oliver Packer
Officers and soldiers:
Harold Goodwin
Officers and soldiers:
Kenneth Mason

with Cyril Fletcher and Betty Astell, Jack and Daphne Barker (the cabaret entertainers), Charles Harrison (comedian), Churchill's Dogs, Michael and Peggy Arnaud (adagio dancers).

Contributors

Comedian:
Cyril Fletcher
Comedienne:
Betty Astell
Entertainer:
Jack Barker
Entertainer:
Daphne Barker
Comedian:
Charles Harrison
Dancer:
Michael Arnaud
Dancer:
Peggy Arnaud
Orchestra directed by:
Nat Allen
Producer:
Harry Pringle

BBC Television

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More