Meet Mrs Beeton
Meet Mrs Beeton is a one-act radio play by L. du Garde Peach (1890-1974)[] .
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The original text
A radio comedy about the renowned English journalist, editor and writer Isablla Beeton (1836-1865)[1], in which her husband Samuel was portrayed in an unflattering light. Originally broadcast on 4 January 1934 on the BBC National Programme, with Joyce Carey as "Isabella" and George Sanders as "Samuel".
Text first published by H F W Deane and Sons in 1934.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1944: Presented on stage by the UCT Dramatic Society in the Little Theatre, Cape Town, with Donna Levy.
Sources
https://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsP/peach-l-du-garde.php#143920
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Beeton#cite_ref-119
Trek 8(25):22, 1944.
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