The Sleeping Clergyman
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The Sleeping Clergyman is a 1935 play
in Two Acts by James Bridie
. The play was later adapted for radio and broadcast on the BBC
's Saturday Night Theatre
on January 1, 1949.
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
in Two Acts by James Bridie
James Bridie
James Bridie was the pseudonym of a Scottish playwright, screenwriter and surgeon whose real name was Osborne Henry Mavor....
. The play was later adapted for radio and broadcast on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Saturday Night Theatre
Saturday Night Theatre
Saturday Night Theatre was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4. The strand showcased feature-length, middle-brow single plays on Saturday evenings for more than 50 years, having been lanched in April 1943. The plays featured in the strand included stage plays, books adaptations and...
on January 1, 1949.