Mrs. Dot
1954, BBC
Role: Freddie Perkins

"Mrs. Dot: A Farce in Three Acts" was written by W. Somerset Maugham in 1904 and was first produced as a play in 1908.

Mrs. Dot is the wealthy widow of a brewery magnate. She schemes to disentangle the man she loves, Gerald Halstane, from a hasty and unsuitable engagement to a young woman named Nellie. Luckily for Mrs. Dot, Nellie's mother has refused Halstane's permission to marry Nellie. Also helping Mrs. Dot's cause is a confirmed bachelor, James Blenkinsop, who throughout the play must pretend to make love to Mrs. Dot, which he does with alternate reluctance and enthusiasm.

Freddie Perkins is the cousin of Mrs. Dot and the sidekick to Blenkinsop. He eventually is the one to marry Nellie.