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Moonbeam and Mrs Pat

The celebrated actress Mrs Patrick Campbell had one constant adored companion, her little dog Moonbeam. Stars Imelda Staunton.

The most constant and adored companion in the life of the celebrated stage actress Mrs Patrick Campbell was her little dog Moonbeam.

With war declared in 1939, 'Mrs Pat' travels with Dorothy, the daughter of her former secretary, on a train journey to Spain.

Thus begins Dorothy's voyage of discovery as she learns of her marriages, love letters from George Bernard Shaw – and how she met her beloved Moonbeam.

Starring Imelda Staunton.

Peter Ling's wet-nosed drama.

Mrs Patrick Campbell... Imelda Staunton
Egypt... Sarah Badel
Madame Lescaux... Zulema Dene
Mrs Whittall... Jilly Bond
Dorothy Whittall... Oona Beeson
George Cornwallis West.... David Collings
Harrington Bayley...John Hartley
George Alexander..... Roger May

With:

Mark Montgomerie
Geoffrey Whitehead
Patience Tomlinson
Ross Livingstone
Andrew Branch
Stephen Critchlow
Joshua Towb

Peter Ling - with Hazel Adair - most famously created the long-running Midland-based ITV soap opera, Crossroads.

Mrs Patrick Campbell made a name for herself in a variety of diverse theatre roles: Mrs Darling in Peter Pan, Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac and Raina in Arms And The Man. (Born Beatrice Stella Tanner - she died aged 74 in 1940)

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 in January 1996.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 9 Sep 2023 01:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Jan 2016 16:00
  • Mon 11 Jan 2016 04:00
  • Sun 26 Nov 2017 16:00
  • Mon 27 Nov 2017 04:00
  • Sun 27 Oct 2019 16:00
  • Mon 28 Oct 2019 04:00
  • Sun 10 Oct 2021 16:00
  • Sun 10 Oct 2021 20:00
  • Mon 11 Oct 2021 04:00
  • Fri 8 Sep 2023 05:00
  • Fri 8 Sep 2023 10:00
  • Fri 8 Sep 2023 15:00
  • Sat 9 Sep 2023 01:00