A Sleeping Clergyman
1933 play by James Bridie
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A Sleeping Clergyman is a 1933 play in Two Acts by James Bridie.[2][3] Directed by H. K. Ayliff, it opened at Malvern's Festival Theatre in July 1933, before moving to London's Piccadilly Theatre in September, where it ran for 230 performances.[4] It then transferred to Broadway's Guild Theatre in October 1934, where it closed after 40 performances.[5] It was revived, again with Robert Donat, at London’s Criterion Theatre in 1947.[6]
Original languageEnglish
Written byJames Bridie
Setting
- A Club in Glasgow
- A Lodging Near the High Street, Glasgow
- A Victorian Bedroom; A Seaside Cliff Nea
Date29 July 1933[1]
| A Sleeping Clergyman | |
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Original theatre programme | |
| Original language | English |
| Written by | James Bridie |
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| Premiere | |
| Date | 29 July 1933[1] |
| Place | Malvern Festival Theatre |
Plot
Original cast
- A Sleeping Clergyman ... Godfrey Baxter
- Dr. Cooper ... Wilson Coleman
- Dr. Coots ... Alexander Sarner
- Wilkinson ... Frank Moore
- Charles Cameron the First ... Robert Donat
- Mrs. Hannah ... Beatrix Feilden-Kaye
- Dr. Marshall ... Ernest Thesiger
- Harriet Marshall ... Dorice Fordred
- Cousin Minnie ... Sophie Stewart
- Aunt Walker ... Isabel Thornton
- Wilhelmina Cameron ... Dorice Fordred
- John Hannah ... Bruce Belfrage
- A Sergeant ... Arthur Hambling
- A Constable ... John Rae
- Charles Cameron the Second ... Robert Donat
- Donovan ... Walter Roy
- Lady Todd Walker ... Eileen Beldon
- Sir Douglas Todd Walker ... Evelyn Roberts
- Hope Cameron ... Dorice Fordred
- Little Thing ... Phyllis Shand
- Dr. Purley ... Whitmore Humphreys
- Lady Katherine Helliwell ... Pamela Carme
- Dr. Coutts ... Alexander Sarner
- A Medical Student ... Kenneth Fraser
Adaptations
The play was later adapted for radio and broadcast on the BBC's Saturday Night Theatre on 1 January 1949.[10] A televised version was also broadcast by the BBC, in its Sunday Night Theatre slot on 11 January 1959.[11]
