Light Programme, Drama, 1949
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curtain up - Radio 2 - 1949
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Light Programme - 1949-01-05, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' 'FLARE
PATH'
by Terence Rattigan
Adapted for broadcasting by Kenneth Morgan
Produced By: Neil
Tuson
Countess
Skriczevinsky: Belle Chrystall
Peter Kyle: John
Bentley
Mrs Oakes: Dora
Gregory
Sergeant Miller:
Leslie Dwyer
Percy: Billy
Thatcher
Count Skriczevinsky:
Gerard Heinz
Flight-Lieutenant
Graham: Basil Jones
Patricia Graham:
Anne Cullen
Mrs Miller: Ivy
Collins
Squadron-Leader
Swanson: Ivan Samson
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Light Programme - 1949-01-12, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' Sonia
Dresdel in 'A MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE'
with Ian Sadler
A radio version of the novel by Francis Brett Young. Adapted
for broadcasting by John Allen from the
play by John Perry
Produced By: Neil
Tuson
Salvatore Ferraro:
Ian Sadler
Assunta: Olive Gregg
Ronnie Sanctuary:
Martin Lewis
Agnes Isit: Sonia
Dresdel
Ellen Isit: Beryl
Calder
Sir Benjamin Dench:
Richard Williams
Mrs Spettigue:
Vivienne Chatterton
Mr Potter: Ellis
Chesney
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Light Programme - 1949-01-19, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' Betty
Baskcomb and Charles Leno in 'THIS HAPPY BREED'
by Noel Coward
Adapted for broadcasting by Mark Oliver
Produced By: Cleland
Finn
Frank Gibbons:
Charles Leno
Mrs Flint, his
mother-in-law: Elsa Palmer
Ethel his wife:
Betty Baskcomb
Sylvia, his sister:
Ivy Collins
His children: Reg:
Stuart Brown
His children:
Queenie: Violet Loxley
His children: Vi:
Janet Morrison
Bob Mitchell:
Stanley Groome
Billy Mitchell:
,billy Thatcher
Sam Leadbitter:
Malcolm Hayes
Phyllis Blake: Hilda
Schroder
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Light Programme - 1949-01-26, 20-00
' Curtain Up ! '
Margaret Rawlings in ' BLACK LIMELIGHT'
by Gordon Sherry
Adapted for broadcasting by Edward J. Mason
Produced By: Ayton
Whitaker
Mary Charrington:
Margaret Rawlings
Lily James: Margaret
Rawlings
Peter Charrington:
Oliver Burt
Lawrence Manfred:
Richard Williams
Jemima: Susan
Richards
Mr Tanner: John
Turnbull
Mr Roberts: Gordon
Sherry
Williams: Erik
Chitty
Mrs Brook: Ella
Milne
Mr Brook: Arthur
Ridley
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Light Programme - 1949-02-02, 20-00
'Curtain Up!'
'OUTWARD BOUND'
by Sutton Vane
Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
Produced By: Cleland
Finn
Scrubby: Martin
Lewis
Ann: Hilda Schroder
Mrs Midget: Beatrice
Varley
Henry: David Enderg
Mr Prior: Charles
Mason
Mrs Cliveden-Banks:
Gladys Young
Rev William Duke:
Keith Pyott
Mr Lingley: Norman
Shelley
Rev Frank Thomson:
Campbell Singer
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Light Programme - 1949-02-09, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' '
FRIEDA '
by Ronald Millar
Adapted for broadcasting by Lionel Ross
Produced By: Martyn
C. Webster
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Light Programme - 1949-02-16, 20-00
'Curtain Up!'
Anthony Holies and Hal Thompson in ' ON THE SPOT'
by Edgar Wallace
Adapted for broadcasting by Howard Rose
Organist. Margaret
Cobb
Produced By: David
H. Godfrey
A priest: Martin
Lewis
Patrolman Ryan:
Donald Gray
A doctor: Malcolm
Hayes
Commissioner John
Kelly: Tommy Duggan
Tony Perrelli:
Anthony Holies
Minn Lee: Diana Wong
Con O'Hara: Hal
Thompson
Angelo Verona: Peter
Madden
Jimmy McGarth:
Charles Leno
Maria Pouliski:
Margaret Diamond
Mike Feeney: Roger
Snowdon
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Light Programme - 1949-02-23, 20-00
'Curtain Up!'
Catherine Lacey in 'THE SACRED FLAME'
by W. Somerset Maugham
Adapted for broadcasting
and produced by Frank Hauser
Maurice: Anthony
Jacobs
Dr Harvester:
Howieson Culff
Mrs Tabret: Gladys
Young
Nurse: Catherine
Lacey
Alice: Betty
Baskcomb
Major Liconda:
Laidman Browne
Stella: Rachel
Gurney
Colin: Alan
McClelland
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Light Programme - 1949-03-02, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' Dulcie
Grav, Michael Denison in 'CLAUDIA'
by Rose Franken
Production By:
Martyn C. Webster
Mrs Brown: Gladys
Young
David Naughton:
Michael Denison
Claudia Naughton:
Dulcie Gray
Bertha: Joan Clement
Scott
Fritz: Edward
Forsyth
Jerry Seymour: Denis
Webb
Madame Daruscha:
Vivienne Chatterton
Julia Naughton:
Catherine Campbell
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Light Programme - 1949-03-09, 20-00
' Curtain Up!' Irene
Browne, Reginald Tate and Lydia Sherwood in 'A HOUSE IN THE SQUARE'
by Diana Morgan
The action takes place in Eaton Square, between 1910 and
1949.
Produced by Archie
Campbell
Police Sergeant:
Malcolm Hayes
John Anstruther:
David Enders
Verity Winthrop:
Beryl Calder
Dawson: Charles
Mortimer
David Anstruther:
William Fox
Miss Waite: Lucille
Lisle
George Winthrop M p:
Reginald Tate
Lady Mountstephan:
Irene Browne
Verna Mountstephan:
Lydia Sherwood
Lord Mountstephan:
Charles Maunsell
Miss Brown: Diana
Morgan
Bill Blair: David
Stringer
Dick Denton: Anthony
Jacobs
Dunsterville: Peter
Doughty
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Light Programme - 1949-03-16, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' 'THE
MOON IN THE YELLOW RIVER'
Written and produced by Denis Johnston
Contributors
Dobelle: Max Adrian
Blanaid, his
daughter: Betty Chancellor
Aunt Columba, his
sister: Jean Anderson
Agnes, their cook:
Ann Clery
George: Harry
Hutchinson
Captain Potts:
Norman Shelley
Herr Tausch:
Frederick Schiller
Darrell Blake: Cyril
Cusack
Willie: Gerard
Tyrrell
Commandant Lanigan:
Eddie Byrne
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Light Programme - 1949-03-23, 20-00
'Curtain Up! '
Bristol Old Vic Company in 'THE CIRCLE'
by W. Somerset
Maugham
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Owen Reed
Production By:
Edward Stanley
Arnold
Champion-Cheney MP: John Byron
George, a butler:
Stephen Kaye
Mrs Shenstone: Ursula
Camm
Elizabeth: Jill
Balcon
Edward Luton: Nigel
Stock
Clive
Champion-Cheney: John Phillips
Lady Catherine
Champion-Cheney: Nuna Davey
Lord Porteous: Paul
Rogers
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Light Programme - 1949-03-30, 20-00
' Curtain Up! '
Edith Evans. Emlvn Williams in ' CANDIDA '
by Bernard Shaw
Produced by Archie Campbell
Rev James Morell:
Andrew Cruickshank
Proserpine Garnett:
Patience Collier
Rev Alexander Mill:
Hugh Manning
Dr Burgess: George
Merritt
Candida: Edith Evans
Eugene Marchbanks:
Emlyn Williams
Storyteller: Dermot
Cathie
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Light Programme - 1949-04-06, 20-00
'Curtain Up! 'THE
PAYING GUEST'
A new play for broadcasting by Edward J. Mason
The action takes place In the ' Bella Vista' boarding house,
which its proprietress. Mrs. Flaunt, has
dignified by the name of ' Guest House '
Produced By: Martyn
C. Webster
Mrs Flaunt: Susan
Richards
John Brown: John
Bryning
Mrs Loring: Belle
Chrystall
Judy: Ursula Hirst
Solly Wagner: Stanley
Groome
' China ' Jenks:
David Kossoff
Tony Gregory: Allan
McClelland
Fay: Marjorie
Westbury
Perce: Charles Leno
Dr Graham: Arthur
Ridley
An Inspector: Bryan
Powley
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Light Programme - 1949-04-13, 20-00
' Curtain Up!' Jack
Hawkins in ' THUNDER ROCK'
by Robert Ardrey. Adapted for broadcasting by Felix
Felton
Produced By: Ayton
Whitaker
Narrator: Hugh
Manning
Flanning: Harry Towb
Streeter: Jon
Farrell
Charleston: Jack
Hawkins
Captain Joshua:
MacDonald Parke
Briggs: Frank
Atkinson
Dr Kurtz: Frederick
Schiller
Melanie: Catherine
Salkeld
Miss Kirby: Gladys
Young
Anne Marie: Selma
Vaz Dias
Radio announcer:
John Bell
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Light Programme - 1949-04-20, 20-00
'Curtain Up!'
'DINNER AT EIGHT'
-by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
Adapted for radio by John Allen
Produced By: Martyn
C. Webster
Millicent Jordan:
Gladys Young
Oliver Jordan:
Martin Lewis
Paula Jordan:
Catherine Campbell
Hattie Loomis:
Gladys Spencer
Carlotta Vance:
Lydia Sherwood
Dan Packard: Laidman
Browne
Kitty Packard: Janet
Morrison
Dr J Wayne Talbot:
Charles Lefeaux
Larry Renault:
Anthony Jacobs
Max Kane: David
Kopsoff
Lucy Talbot: Joan
Hart
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Light Programme - 1949-04-27, 20-00
'Curtain Up!'
Raymond Huntley in ' THE BREADWINNER'
by W. Somerset Maugham
Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
Produced By: Frank
Hauser
Charles Battle:
Raymond Huntley
Margery Battle: Ann
Codrington
Judy: Peggy Cameron
Patrick: John
Forrest
Alfred Granger:
Charles Leno
Dorothy: Joan
Clement Scott
Diana: Anne Cullen
Timothy: David
Stringer
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Light Programme - 1949-05-04, 20-00
'Curtain Up!'
Sebastian Shaw, Joan Hopkins in ' MAN ON THE RUN'
based on the film written and directed by Lawrence
Huntington
Adapted for radio by Robert Stannage in collaboration with
the author
Produced By: Frank
Hauser
Jean Adams: Joan
Hopkins
Peter Burden:
Sebastian Shaw
D D I Mitchell: John
Turnbull
Sergeant Lawson:
John Richmond
Slim Elphick: Alan
Stranka
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Light Programme - 1949-05-11, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' Judy
Campbell in ' ROYAL HIGHNESS '
Play by Felix Salten
Adapted by Margaret Webster
Production By
.......... Ayton Whitaker
Anton ..........
Julian Somers
Geza von Mattachich
.......... Hector MacGregor
Louise, Princess of
Coburg-Belgium .......... Judy Campbell
A captain ..........
Philip Mellor
Prince Philip of
Coburg Wimberger .......... Philip Leaver
Wimberger ..........
Richard Scott
Fräulein Liebhart
.......... Janet Burnell
Professor Frey
.......... Basil Dignam
Lt Karl Ifiinger
.......... Michael Goodliffe
Captain von
Dettersdorf .......... Richard Wattis
General Rosegger
.......... Allan Jeayes
Colonel Count
Brennhof .......... Denis Cowles
Major Warchinsky
.......... Michael Nightingale
Count Rombach
.......... Graham Stuart
Hedwig Ifflnger
.......... Margaret Inglis
Narrator ..........
Basil Jones
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Light Programme - 1949-05-18, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' 'DISTINGUISHED GATHERING'
by James Parish
Adapted for broadcasting by the author
Produced by Hugh Stewart
Felix Montague:
Raymond Lovell
Judith Montague:
Barbara Couper
Sir Brian Howet:
Alexander Archdale
Lady Thalia Wilmer:
Noel Hood
'Lesley Gest ':
Diana Maddox
Caroline Beckwith:
Evelyn Hall
C D Williams:
William Fox
Major ' Runty
Pearson: Charles Lefeaux
Dorinda Caswell:
Lydia Sherwood
Eliot Richard Vines:
James Parish
Blair: Preston
Lockwood
Detective-Inspector
Rutherford: Howleson Culff
Detective-Sergeant
Ferris: Duncan McIntyre
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Light Programme - 1949-05-25, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' 'GREAT
DAY'
by Lesley Storm
Adapted for radio by Denis Lea
Production By:
Martyn C. Webster
Mrs Mott: Vivienne
Chatterton
Mrs Ellis: Gladys
Young
Mrs Beale: Sophie
Ellis
'Mrs., Mumford: Ella
Milne
Edna, Ellis: Beryl
Calder
Major Ellis: Martin
Lewis
Victoria Calder:
Marjorie Westbury
Geoffrey: David
Enders
Miss Tomlinson:
Gladys Spencer
Mrs Tracey: Thea
Wells
Miss Fisher:
Catherine Campbell
Miss Allen: Dorothy
Summers
Mrs Walsh: Joan Hart
Sam: Neil Tuson
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Light Programme - 1949-06-01, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' 'THE
PROFESSOR'S LOVE STORY'
by J. M. Barrie
Adapted for radio by Andrew Gordon
Production By:
Martyn C. Webster
Professor
Goodwillie: Duncan McLntyre
Agnes Goodwillie:
Hester Paton Brown
Lucy White: Beryl
Calder
Dr Cosens: Philip
Cunningham
Sir George Gilding:
Charles Maunsell
Lady Gilding: Floy
Penrhyn
The Dowager Lady
Gilding: Lydia Sherwood
Effle: Dorothy Smith
Henders: Tom Fleming
Pete: Ian Sadler
Dr Yellowlees:
Michael Nightingale
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Light Programme - 1949-06-08, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' ' OLD
ACQUAINTANCE'
by John van Druten
Adapted for radio by Lionel Ross
Produced By: Martyn
C. Webster
Katherine Markham:
Cathleen Nesbitt
Rudd Kendall: Hector
Ross
Mildred Watson
Drake: Ann Codrington
Deirdre Drake:
Denise Bryer
Preston Drake: Cyril
Gardiner
Susan: Thea Wells
Teresa: Elizabeth
London
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Light Programme - 1949-06-15, 20-00
' Curtain Up!' BBC
Repertory Company in 'NIGHT MUST FALL'
by Emlyn Williams
Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells
Produced By: Howard
Rose
Mrs Bramson: Gladys
Young
Olivia Grayne,her
niece: Catherine Campbell
Hubert Laurie: Hugh
Manning
Mrs Terence Mrs
Bramson's cook: Joan Clement Scott
Dora Parkoe, her
maid: Denise Bryer
Inspector Belsize:
Laidman Browne
Dan: Alastair Duncan
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Light Programme - 1949-06-22, 20-00
'Curtain Up!'
Barbara Couper in ' MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY'
by St. John G. Ervine
Adapted for radio by Peter Franklin
Production By:
Martyn C. Webster
Mrs Considine: Thea
Wells
Sheila: Peggy
Cameron
Geoffrey: Andrew
Faulds
Canon Considine:
Peter Creswell
Mary Westlake:
Barbara Couper
Henry Considine:
Ivan Samson
Hobbs: David Kosoff
Miss Mimms:
Elizabeth Maude
Mr Beeby: Neil Tuson
Jenny: Madeline
Durrant
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Light Programme - 1949-06-29, 20-00
' Curtain Up! 'SPRING
MEETING*
by M. J. Farrell and John Perry
Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
Produced By: Cleland
Finn
Sir Richard Furze:
Charles Maunsell
Miss Bijou Furze:
Vivienne Chatterton
Joan Furze: Meriel
Moore
Baby Furze: Denise
Bryer
Michael Byrne:
Diarmuid Kelly
Tiny Fox-Collier:
Margaret Inglis
Tony Fox-Collier:
Denis de Marney
James: Harry
Hutchinson
Johnny: James Page
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Light Programme - 1949-07-06, 20-00
' Curtain Up!' ' LITTLE WOMEN'
by Louisa M. Alcott
Adapted for broadcasting by Jonquil Antony
Produced By: Archie
Campbell
Jo March: Mary
Morris
Meg, her eldest
sister: Gillian Maude
Her younger sisters:
Amy: Denise Bryer
Beth: Diana Maddox
Mrs March (Marmee)
their mother: Lilian Christine
Hannah, their
maidservant: Gladys Spencer
Laurie: Hugh Munro
Mr Brooke: Hugh
Manning
Old Mr Lawrence:
Bryan Powley
Friends of the March
girls: Annie Moffat: Catherine Campbell
Belle, her sister:
Cherry Cottrell
Major Lincoln: Cyril
Gardiner
Aunt March: Ella
Milne
Mr March: Donald
Gray
Reader: Barbara
McFadyean
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Light Programme - 1949-07-13, 20-00
'Curtain Up!' 'WILD
DECEMBERS'
by Clemence Dane
Adapted for broadcasting by Clemence Dane and Rex Tucker
Narration written and spoken by Clemence Dane
Produced By: Rex
Tucker
The Rev Patrick
Bronte: Eugene Leahy
Charlotte Bronte:
Curigwen Lewis
Emily Brontë: Jean
Forbes-Robertson
Anne Brontë: Thea
Holme
Branwell Bronte:
James McKechnie
The Rev Arthur Bell
Nicholls: Allan McClelland
Monsieur Heger:
Graham Tennant
Madame Heger:
Madeleine Vacher
Mademoiselle
Blanche: Dorothy Stacey
A Priest: Reginald
Waithman
Tabby: Edith Chilton
Martha: Roni Vine
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Light Programme - 1949-07-20, 20-45
'Curtain Up!'
Anthony Hawtrey in 'TO HAVE AND TO HOLD'
by Lionel Brown
Produced By: David
H. Godfrey
Brian Harding:
Anthony Hawtrey
June Harding: Diana
King
Max Harding: Tommy
Duggan
Sir Robert de
Winter: Ivan Brandt
Roberta de Winter:
Olwen Brookes
Peggy Harding: Diana
Maddox
Cyril: Charles Leno
Martha: Elsa Palmer
Jenkins: Andrew
Churchman
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Light Programme - 1949-07-27, 20-45
'Curtain Up!' 'THE
FOUR JUST MEN'
Adapted by Felix Felton from the novel by Edgar Wallace
Produced By
.......... Donald McWhinnie
The Four Just Men
.......... Manfred .......... Valentine Dyall
The Four Just Men
.......... Poiccart .......... Howard Marion-Crawford
The Four Just Men
.......... Gonsalez .......... Felix Felton
The Four Just Men
.......... Thery .......... Theodore Bikel
Editor of ' The
Megaphone ' .......... Lockwood West'
Smith, a reporter on
' The Megaphone .......... Charles Leno
Sir Philip Ramon,
Foreign Secretary .......... Ivan Samson
Member for West
Brondesbury .......... Maurice Bannister
Member for Ormskirk
.......... Hugh Manning
Member for Aldgate
East .......... Charles Lefeaux
Prime Minister
.......... Charles Mortimer
Detective Inspector
Falmouth .......... Duncan McLntyre
Assistant
Commissioner of ScotlandYard .......... Basil Dignam
A trustee ..........
Edward Forsyth
Welby a Foreign
Editor .......... Hugh Manning
Jenkins Sir Philip
Ramon's Secretary .......... Lionel Stevens
Ross, of Pinkerton's
Agency .......... Alastair Duncan
Jackson, a policeman
.......... Maurice Bannister
Sergeant Howard
.......... Alastair Duncan
Billy Marks a
pickpocket .......... David Kossoff
Coroner ..........
Cyril Gardiner
Sir Francis Katling
.......... Charles Lefeaux
Carson ..........
Edward Forsyth
Perks, Sir Philip
Ramon's butler .......... Frank Atkinson
An electrician
.......... Lionel Stevens
Storyteller Raf de
.......... La Torre
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Light Programme - 1949-08-03, 20-45
' Curtain Up!' '
BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON '
by Dorothy L. Sayers and M. St. Clare Byrne Adapted for
broadcasting by Peggy Wells
The action takes place in the living room at Talboys, a
farmhouse in the Home Counties
Production By:
Archie Campbell
Bunter a manservant:
Stanley Groome
Mr Puffett: Ernest
Sefton
Harriet (Lady Peter
Wimsey): Rita Vale
Lord Peter Wimsey:
Hugh Latimer
Miss Twitterton:
Susan Richmond
Frank Crutchley:
Geoffrey Lewis
Reverend Simon Goodacre:
Charles Mortimer
Mrs Ruddle: Dorothy
Summers
Mr MacBride (of
Macdonald and Abrahams Bedford Row): David Kossoff
Superintendent Kirk:
Eric Lugg
Constable Sellon:
John Crocker
Narrator: Donald
Gray
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Light Programme - 1949-08-10, 20-45
' Curtain Up ' 'THE LAST DAYS OF DOLWYN'
Adapted by P. H. Burton from the film by Emlyn Williams
Produced By
.......... Dafydd Gruffydd
Composed By
.......... John Greenwood
Conducted By
.......... Hubert Clifford
Merri ..........
Edith Evans
Rob Davies
.......... Emlyn Williams
Merri's adopted sons
.......... Gareth .......... Richard Burton
Merri's adopted
sons:Dafydd .......... Anthony James
Lord Lancashire
.......... William Trent
Lady Dolwyn
.......... Barbara Couper
The Minister
.......... Kenneth Evans
Caradoc Roberts
.......... Roddy Hughes
Dorcas, the barmaid
.......... Pat Glyn
Mrs Thomas-the-Shop
.......... Madoline Thomas
John Henry, a deacon
.......... Tom Jones
Idris, a villager
.......... Edward Rees
Eira, Dorcas' friend
.......... Mary Jones
Watkins, a watchman
.......... Emrys Leyshon
Nurse Pugh
.......... Betty Stanley
Solicitor ..........
Moses Jones
Villager ..........
Prysor Williams
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Light Programme - 1949-08-17, 20-45
'Curtain Up!' ' THE ISLAND'
by Lester Powell
Produced By: Martyn
C. Webster
Caroline: Dulcie
Gray
Michael: Allan
McClelland
Barney: Tommy Duggan
George: Bill
Staughton
Mr Heron: Harry
Hutchinson
Sean Haggerty:
Charles Maunsell
Blake: Guy Verney
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Light Programme - 1949-08-24, 20-45
'Curtain Up!' '
QUIET WEDDING'
by Esther McCracken
Adapted for broadcasting by Mollie Greenhalgh
Produced By: David
H. Godfrey
Arthur Royd: Edgar
Norfolk
Mildred Royd, his
wife: Ella Milne
Their children:
Janet Royd: Catherine Campbell
Their children:
Denys Royd: David Enders
Their children: John
Royd: Andrew Faulds
Their children:
Marcia Brent: Janet Morrison
Dallas Chaytor,
Janet's flancé: Richard Hurndall
Mary Jarrow,
Mildred's friend: Lydia Sherwood
Miranda Bute,
Janet's cousin: Olive Kirby
Florence Bute,
Miranda's mother: Susan Richards
Jim Brent, Marcia's
husband: Francis de Wolff
Flower Lisle, Denys
Royd's girlfriend: Denise Bryer
Bella, a servant:
Betty Baskcomb
Madame Mirelle, a
French dress-maker: Gladys Spencer
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Light Programme - 1949-08-31, 20-45
'Curtain Up!' 'THE THIRD VISITOR '
by Gerald Anstruther
Stage production by Ellen Pollock
Adapted for broadcasting by the author and Cynthia Pughe
Produced By: Wilfrid
Grantham
Richard Carling:
Bruno Barnabe
Jack Kurton: Anthony
Marlowe
James Oliver: Reed
de Rouen
Bill Millington:
MacKenzie Ward
Steffy Millington:
Sonia Dresdel
Vera Kurton:
Rosemary Scott
Detective Inspector:
Martin Case
George Hewson: John
Ruddock
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Light Programme - 1949-09-07, 20-45
Curtain Up! Denise
Bryer and Richard Hurndall in ' DADDY LONG-LEGS'
Adapted by Jonquil Antony from the novel and the play by
Jean Webster
Produced By: Cleland
Finn
Orphans at the John
Grier Orphanage: Gladiola Murphy: Diana Maddox
Orphans at the John
Grier Orphanage:Freddie Perkins: David Page
Mrs Lippett, the
Matron: Vivienne Chatterton
Jerusha Abbott:
Denise Bryer
Trustees of the
Orphanage:Miss Pritchard: Susan Richards
Jervis Pendleton,
her nephew: Richard Hurndall
Mr Wykoff: Ernest
Sefton
College girls:
Cynthia Pendleton
College girls:
Jervis Niece
College girls:
Marjorie Westbury
Sallie McBride:
Gabrielle Blunt
Jimmie McBride,
Sadie's brother: Roy Dean
Lizzie Semple,
Jervis' old nurse: Gwen Day-Burroughs
Secretary: William
Trent
Driver: Charles
Maunsell
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Light Programme - 1949-09-14, 20-45
Curtain Up! 'BONNET
OVER THE WINDMILL'
by Dodie Smith
Adapted for broadcasting by John Billing
Produced By: Martyn
C. Webster
Carola Withers:
Margaret Vines
Billie Lacy: Avice
Landone
Anthony Hatton: Peter
Coke
Dinah Tilney: Betty
Baskcomb
Janet Jason: Beryl
Calder
Brian Morellian:
Desmond Carrington
Simon Hatton: Tom
Webster
Christopher Carson:
Barry Morse
Sir Rupert
Morellian: Ivan Samson
Lady Morellian: Iris
Baker
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Light Programme - 1949-09-21, 20-45
Curtain Up! ' THE
HAPPY MAN '
by Norman Ginsbury
Produced By: Ayton
Whitaker
Members of Bomber
Crew: Monty Stewart: Julian Dallas,
Archie Walters:
Richard Longman,
Members of Bomber
Crew:
Dickie Bird: Andrew Faulds,
Harry Forwood: Brian
Hayes,
Jackie Miles: Alec
Ross,
David Kohn: Martin
Benson.
Mrs Butler: Dorothy
Clement
Woman shopper:
Gladys Spencer
Blondie: Denise
Bryer
Mr Davison: Norman
Webb
Doreen Forwood:
Betty Baskcomb
Sid McGibben:
Geoffrey Wincott
Al: John Richmond
Commentator: Noel
Johnson
Jill: Catherine
Campbell
Nurse: Genine Graham
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Light Programme - 1949-09-28, 20-45
Curtain Up!
Edith Evans in ' QUEEN ELIZABETH'
A play by Hugh Ross Williamson
Adapted for broadcasting by the author
The action takes place in the Palace of Greenwich between
January 1579 and April 1580
Music composed and directed by John Hotchkis
Singer. Martin Boddey
Produced By
.......... Archie Campbell
Elizabeth Queen of
England .......... Edith Evans
Robert Earl of
Leicester .......... Andrew Cruickshank
William Cecil Lord
Burleigh .......... Laidman Browne
Jean de Simier Baron
de St Marc .......... Hugh Burden
Bernardino de
Mendoza (Spanish Ambassador) .......... Raf de la Torre
Lettice Dowager
Countess of Essex .......... Lydia Sherwood
Francois de Valois
Due d'Anjou .......... Reginald Beckwith
John (a fanatic)
.......... Martin Lewis
Kate (Elizabeth's
nurse) .......... Dorothy Summers
Gervase, a page
(Kate's grandson) .......... David Spenser
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-10-11, 20-30
Curtain Up! 'THE
ROOF'
by John Galsworthy
Adapted for broadcasting by Lesley Wilson
Produced By: Ayton
Whitaker
Gustave: George de
Warfaz
Nurse: Janet
Morrison
Fenning: David
Enders
Baker: Brian Hayes
Brice: Valentine
Dyall
Major Moulteney:
Oliver Burt
Froba: Gordon Tanner
Diana: Ursula Hirst
Bryn: Diana Maddox
Mrs Lennox: Iris
Ballard
Mr Beeton: Andrew Leigh
Mrs Beeton: Courtney
Hope
Young man: Alastair
Bannerman
Young woman:
Catherine Campbell
Mr Lennox: Marne
Maitland
Pompiers: Eric Lugg,
Pompiers: Arnold
Diamond
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-10-18, 20-45
Curtain Up! Paul
Scofield in 'CHOPIN'
A romantic play for radio by Wilfrid Rooke Ley and
Christopher Martin
Cast in order of speaking:
The action of the play covers the years from February 1810
to October ]849, and takes place in Paris.
Wola. Sluzewo, and Dresden
Produced By: Raymond
Raikes
The Abbe Jelowski:
Frederick Allen
Countess Skarbeck
(nee Marie Wodjinska): Beryl Calder
Nicolas Chopin:
Tarva Penna
Frederick Chopin:
Paul Scofield
Titus Woycieckowski:
Hugh Manning
Countess Wodjinska:
Susan Richards
Countess Orsetti:
Gladys Young
Count Wodjinski:
James Dales
Count Skarbeck:
Alastair Duncan
Jules Slowacki:
Richard Hurndall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-10-25, 20-30
Curtain Up! 'THE
GREEN PASTURES'
Play by Marc Connelly adapted for radio by Roy Lockwood and
Joel O'Brien
Music by the Hall Johnson Choir
Produced By: Joel
O'Brien
The Lord: Russell
Napier
Mr Deshee: Stanley
Maxted
Gabriel: Reginald
Fenderson
Adam: Guy Kingsley
Poynter
Eve: Barbara Kelly
Cain ,: Earl Cameron
Cain's girl: Mary
Laura Wood
Zeba: Mildred Shay
Cain VI: Nicholas
Stuart
Noah: Bernard Braden
Noah's wife: Connie
Smith
Moses: Bernard
Braden
Pharaoh: Hal
Thompson
Head magician:
Robert Berkeley
Aaron: Norris Smith
Joshua: Arthur Hill
Hezdrel: Guy
Kingsley Poynter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-11-01, 20-30
Curtain Up! Gwen
Ffrangeon-Davies in 'VICTORIA REGINA'
by Laurence Housman
Adapted for broadcasting by John Watt
Produced By: Hugh
Stewart
Queen Victoria: Gwen
Ffrangeon-Davies
Prince Albert: Olaf
Olsen
Lord Melbourne:
Brewster Mason
Lord John Russell:
Milton Rosmer
Lord Palmerston:
James Dale
Lord Beaconsfleld:
Hugh Miller
Mr Gladstone:
Lawrence Baskcomb
Mrs Gladstone:
Margaret Halstan
Duchess of Kent:
Joan Clement Scott
Prince Ernest:
Malcolm Hayes
Princess Alice (as a
girl): Jenny Lovelace
Lord Conyngham:
Richard Williams
Mr Tudor: Humphrey
Morton
Archbishop of
Canterbury: Arthur Ridley
Dr Clark: Charles
Mortimer
Sir Henry Holland:
Raf de la Torre
Lady Muriel: Janet
Morrison
Lady Grace: Margaret
Vines
Mr John Brown:
Duncan McLntyre
Narrator: Laidman
Browne
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-11-08, 20-30
Curtain Up! Alastair
Duncan in ' MALICE AFORETHOUGHT'
The novel by Francis Iles
Dramatised for broadcasting by Patrick Campbell
(Continued in next column)
Produced By
.......... Cleland Finn
Dr Edmund Bickleigh
.......... Alastair Duncan
Julia Bickleigh his
wife .......... Noel Hood
Rev Hessary Torr
.......... Bryan Powley
Mrs Torr his wife
.......... Ella Milne
Quarnian Torr
.......... Margaret Inglis
Janet Wapsworthy
.......... Courtney Hope
Adela Peavy
.......... Lucille Lisle
Dennis Bourne
.......... Andrew Faulds
Florence ..........
Denise Bryer
Madeleine Cranmere
.......... Griselda Hervey
Mrs Stinvell
.......... Joan Clement Scott
Ivy Ridgeway
.......... Violet Loxley
Maid ..........
Carol Done
Miss Wellby
Bickleigh's dispenser .......... Joan Clement Scott
Sir Tamerton Foliott
.......... Arthur Ridley
Hilda Crewstanton
Julia's sister .......... Evelyn Hall
Victor Crewstanton
Julia's brother .......... Hugh Mannine
William Chatford
.......... Howieson Culff
Chief Inspector
Russell .......... Stanley Groome
Superintendent
Allhayes .......... Donald Gray
F L Gunhill
Bickleigh's solicitor .......... Arnold English
Clerk of the Assizes
.......... Charles Leno
Sir Bernard
Deverell, Attorney-General .......... Richard Williams
Sir Francis
Lee-Bannprman K C .......... Richard Hurndall
Judge ..........
Andrew Churchman
Charles Ryder,
bacteriologist to the Home Office .......... Bryan Powley
Augustus Pymm,
analyst to the HomeOffice .......... Arthur Ridley
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-11-22, 20-30
Curtain Up! Marian
Spencer, Valerie Taylor Ronald Ward. Richard Hurndall in 'RAIN BEFORE
SEVEN'
A play by Diana Morgan
Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
The action takes places at a South Coast town in the summers
of 1939 and 1949
Production By:
Archie Campbell
Emma Hamilton: Betty
Baskcomb
Mr Bangs, a window
cleaner: Ronald Sidney
Mrs Hamilton:
Dorothy Summers
Julia Cleaver:
Valerie Taylor
Dick Cleaver: Ronald
Ward
John Masters:
Richard Hurndall
Eve Masters: Marian
Spencer
Peter Cleaver:
Lyndon Brook
Sally Masters: Jill
Raymond
Nanny: Nellie Bowman
Dora, a maidservant:
Denise Bryer
Captain Bob Emerson,
United States Air Force: Guy Kingsley-Poynter
Bud Parker, his rear
gunner: Harold Ayer
Restaurant car
attendant: Anthony Jacobs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-11-29, 20-30
Curtain Up! Pauline
Letts in 'GRANITE'
A tragedy by Clemence Dane
The action takes place in the living-room of a farm on Lundy
Island off the North Devon coast early in
the last century
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Owen Reed
Jordan Morris:
Baliol Holloway
Judith, his wife:
Pauline Letts
Prosper, his half-brother:
Hedley Goodall
Penny Holt: Julia
Lang
A clergyman: George
Holloway
A nameless man:
Franklyn Dyall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-12-06, 20-30
Curtain Up!
Sebastian Shaw in « THE FINGERS OF PRIVATE SPIEGEL'
A play by Gale Pedrick with music by Alan Paul
Augmented Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Alan Paul with Tom Jenkins (violin) and Gwen
Catley (soprano)
Production by. Martyn C. Webster
Contributors
Kurt Spiegel
.......... Sebastian Shaw
Eva Bonner
.......... Catherine Campbell
Stanislaus Bonner
.......... Leon Quartermaine
Carl Jungheim
.......... Philip Cunningham
Todd ..........
Charles Leno
Maxie ..........
David Kossoff
Laporte ..........
Raf de la Torre
Lipinski ..........
Alastair Duncan
Kettle ..........
Allan McClelland
Brandt ..........
James Thompson
C S M Battle
.......... Richard Williams
Captain Quiller
.......... Martin Lewis
Mayer ..........
Arthur Ridley
Other parts played by Bill Staughton , Margaret Vines , and
Malcolm Hayes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-12-10, 20-00
BBC CLOSE.UP
Some of the technique of producing' a radio play,
illustrated by recordings made at a rehearsal of
Martyn C. Webster 's production of ' The Fingers of Private
Spiegel,' broadcast in ' Curtain Up! ' last
Tuesday
Introduced by Henry Riddell
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-12-20, 20-30
Curtain Up! Robert
Beattv in 'A SOLDIER FOR CHRISTMAS'
by Reginald Beckwith
Produced by Cleland Finn
The Fergusons are a nice, untidy family and they live in a
nice, untidy house near London. It is a
wartime Christmas and a distinctly varied house-party has
collected .......... there is the head of the
house. Philip, who works in the Ministry of Something-or-Other;
his unceasingly harassed wife;
daughter Phoebe. still trailing clouds of Girton; Brenda,
who once made the mistake of marrying an
M.P.; a young evacuated scientist; and an ex-housemaid who
joined the NAAFI and now reappears as a
billettee. Being kindly folk, the Fergusons have also
invited a neighbouring army camp to send a soldier
to stay for the week―end—recreation, for the purpose
of. Reginald Beckwith's amiable and amusing
comedy tells what happens when a charming, free-and-easy
Canadian arrives and creates havoc among
the female half of 'the household. It is rather like an
excursion into the Esther McCracken-Dodie Smith
country, with additional riot provided by a communist-minded
' char ' who rides a tricycle and reads '
War and Peace,' a local lady who belongs to the Oxford
Group, and the cook. Concerning the latter, we
have only space to say that Mrs. Ferguson made a grave
miscalculation when she imagined that ' Cook,
Progressive,' in an advertisement, meant simp'y one who knew
about pressure cooking.
Mrs Ferguson
.......... Susan Richards
Phoebe Ferguson
.......... Pauline Letts
Brenda Nicholls ;
.......... Elizabeth Maude
Ronald Vines
.......... David Peel
Mrs Jones ..........
Nan Munro
Mr Ferguson
.......... Martin Lewis
Pte William
Mackenzie .......... Robert Beatty
Milly Smith
.......... Meriel Forbes
Lady Daubeny
.......... Susan Richmond
Mrs Jarvis
.......... Elsa Palmer
49 programmes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
monday matinee - Radio 2 - 1949
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-01-03, 16-25
Monday Matinee
'TREASURE ISLAND'
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dramatised for broadcasting by John Keir Cross
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-01-10, 16-15
Monday Matinee '
FLARE PATH'
by Terence Rattigan
Produced by Neil Tuson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-01-17, 16-15
Monday Matinee ' A
MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE '
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-01-24, 16-15
Monday Matinee THIS
HAPPY BREED'
by Noel Coward
Adapted for broadcasting by Mark Oliver
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-01-31, 16-15
Monday Matinee
Margaret Rawlings in ' BLACK LIMELIGHT'
by Gordon Sherry
Adapted for broadcasting by Edward J. Mason
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-02-21, 16-15
Monday Matinee 'ON
THE SPOT'
by Edgar Wallace
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-02-28, 16-15
Monday Matinee ' THE
SACRED FLAME '
by W. Somerset Maugham
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-03-07, 16-25
Monday Matinee '
CLAUDIA '
by Rose Franken
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-03-14, 16-15
Monday Matinee ' A
HOUSE IN THE SQUARE'
by Diana Morgan
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-03-21, 16-15
Monday Matinee THE
MOON IN THE YELLOW RIVER'
Written and produced by Denis Johnston
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-04-11, 16-30
Monday Matinee '
FLOWERS FOR THE LIVING '
by Toni Bloc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-04-25, 16-30
Monday Matinee ' THE
LIFE OF KING HENRY V
by William Shakespeare
Adapted for radio and produced by Frank Hauser
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-05-02, 16-30
Monday Matinee ' THE
YOUNGER GENERATION '
A comedy for parents by Stanley Houghton
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-05-09, 16-30
Monday Matinee 'THE
GENTLE PEOPLE'
by Irwin Shaw
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-05-23, 16-30
Monday Matinee '
LOVE ON THE DOLE'
by Ronald Gow and Walter Greenwood
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-06-13, 16-15
Monday Matinee ' AN
ENGLISH SUMMER '
by Ronald Adam
Adapted for radio by the author and Peter Watts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-06-20, 16-30
Monday Matinee
'NIGHT MUST FALL'
by Emlyn Williams
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-06-27, 16-15
Monday Matinee MARY.
MARY. QUITE CONTRARY'
by St. John G. Ervine
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-07-04, 16-30
Monday Matinee
SPRING MEETING'
by M. J. Farrell and John Perry
Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
Produced By: Cleland
Finn
Sir Richard Furze:
Charles Maunsell
Miss Bijou Furze:
Vivienne Chatterton
Joan Furze: Meriel
Moore
Baby Furze: Denise
Bryer
Michael Byrne:
Diarmuid Kelly
Tiny Fox-Collier:
Margaret Inglis
Tony Fox-Collier:
Denis de Marney
James: Harry
Hutchinson
Johnny: James Page
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-07-11, 16-30
Monday Matinee 'THE
SPINSTER OF SOUTH STREET'
by R. F. Dekierfield
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-07-18, 16-30
Monday Matinee ' THE
GUINEA PIG'
by Warren Chetham-Stroode
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by John Richmond
Lynne Hartley:
Dorothy Primrose
Mrs Hartley: Edith
Sharpe
Lloyd Hartley, B A:
Ballol Holloway
Nigel Lorraine, B A:
Roderick Lovell
Grimmett: Hugh Munro
Read: Derek
Blomfleld
Dennis Stringer, M
A: William Mervyn
Mrs Read: Susan
Richards
Mr Read: Edward Lexy
A boy: Donald
Barclay
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-07-25, 16-15
Monday Matinee 'I
SHAN'T BE HOME TO DINNER '
A play by Freda Falconer
Adapted for radio by the author'
Produced By: Hugh
Stewart
Jim Scott: John
Bentley
Ann Scott: Freda
Falconer
Mr Shepherd: Laidman
Browne
The girl in the
train: Frances Marsden
Bob Fletcher: Hugh
Falkus
Joan Fletcher: Betty
Baskcomb
Betty Hunter:
Shelagh Fraser
Telephonist: David
Kossoft
Eddie: Allstair
Duncan
Jack: Basil Jones
Tony: Preston
Lockwood
Andy: Arthur
Lawrence
Voice on the radio:
Anthony Jacobs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-08-08, 16-30
Monday Matinee '
CELESTIAL FIRE'
A play by Gerard Tyrell
Adapted for broadcasting by the author
Produced By: Ayton
Whitaker
Brigadier Wickham,
Brigade Commander: Julian Somers
Lieutenant Watkins
(' Watty') Intelligence Officer: .Philip Cunningham
' Pony ' an A T S
Private: Margaret Vines
' Ricky '
Hart-Andrews A T S Platoon Officer: Catherine Campbell
Sheila, A T S Senior
Commander: Grizelda Hervey
Lieutenant Bowles ('
Guts '), Staff Lieutenant ' G ': Malcolm Hayes
Captain Charles
Urquhart. Staff Captain 'G': James McKechnie
Mrs Wickham: Joan
Clement Scott
Mrs James A T S
Controller: Mabeterry Lewis
The General: John
Turnbull
Narrator: Richard
Hurndall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-08-15, 16-15
Monday Matinee Wendy
Hiller Cyril Ritchard, Robert Harris and members of the cast of the London
production in ' ANN VERONICA'
Dramatised from the novel by H. G. Wells
Adapted for broadcasting by Ronald Gow
Incidental music composed and arranged by Freddie Bretherton
, and played by the Augmented BBC
Variety Orchestra
Conductor. Rae Jenkins
Stage production by Peter Ashmore
Produced tor radio by Archie Campbell
Contributors
Ann Veronica Stanley
.......... Wendy Hiller
The nurse ..........
Doris Rogers
Maggie ..........
Pauline Winter
Mr Stanley
.......... Henry Hewitt
Miss Stanley
.......... Christine Silver
Miss Klegg
.......... Alexis France
Lady Palsworthy
.......... Agnes Lauchlan
Hubert Manning
.......... Cyril Ritchard
Mr Ramage ..........
George Hayes
Mr Capes ..........
Robert Harris
Kitty Brett
.......... Cicely Paget-Bowman
Other parts played by David Read , Maurice Jones. Mary
McAlpine. and members of the BBC
Drama Repertory
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-08-22, 16-30
Monday Matinee '
BADGER'S GREEN'
A comedy by R. C. Sherriff
The action of the play passes in a small Hampshire village
during three days in late summer
Adapted for the microphone and produced by Owen Reed in the
BBC's West of England studios.
Contributors
Doctor Wetherby
.......... Arthur Young
Major Forrester
.......... Baliol Holloway
Mr Twigg ..........
Charles E Stidwill
Mr Butler ..........
Dudley Rolph
Mr Rogers ..........
Lewis Gedge
Dickie Wetherby
.......... Roy Dean
The girl ..........
Brenda Hamilton
Mary .......... Ann
Harley
A chauffeur
.......... - John Smith
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-08-29, 16-30
Monday Matinee «
DEEP ARE THE ROOTS'
by Arnaud d'Usseau and James Gow
Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells
Produced By: Hugh
Stewart
Senator Langdon:
Jack Lester
Alice Langdon: Rita
Vale
Genevra Langdon:
Peggy Hassard
Howard Merrick: John
McLaren
Brett: Earl Cameron
Bella: Vivienne
Chatterton
Honey: Denise Bryer
Roy Maxwell: Leslie
Bradley
Sheriff Serkin:
Richard George
Chuck Warren: David
Kossoft
Bob Izay: Frank
Atkinson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-09-05, 16-30
Monday Matinee Mary
Merrall, Marjorie Westbury and Martin Lewis in 'THE FOOLISH
GENTLEWOMAN'
by Margery Sharp
Adapted for radio and produced by Donald McWhinnie
The action takes place in the summer of 1947 at Isabel
Brocken's house on Chipping Hill, a suburb of
London
Contributors
Simon Brocken
.......... Martin Lewis
Jacqueline Brown
.......... Beryl Calder
Greta Poole
.......... Eleanor Bryan
Humphrey Garrett
.......... Anthony Kearey
Isabel Brocken
Simon's sister-in-law .......... Marjorie Westbury
Dora Tremayne
.......... Joan Clement Scott
Mrs Poole ..........
Mona Washbourne
Tilly Cuff
.......... Mary Merrall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-09-12, 16-30
Monday Matinee '
COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW
by Elmer Rice
The action takes place in a suite of law-offices, high in a
skyscraper in the mid-town section of New
York
Adapted and produced by Peter Watts
Contributors
Produced By
.......... Peter Watts
Bessie, telephone
girl .......... Mavis Villiers.
Henry Susskind
office boy. .......... Frank. Atkinson.
Mrs Becker
.......... Joan Clement Scott
Mrs Zedorah Chapman
.......... Ella Milne.
Goldie Rindskopf,
stenographer .......... Molly Lumley
Charles McFadden
process-server .......... David Kossoff
Regina Gordon
(Rexie) Simon's ecretary .......... Marjorie Westbury
Herbert Howard
Weinberg law student. .......... Sydney Tafter
Lillian Larue a
blonde .......... Betty Baskcomb
Roy Darwin
.......... Richard Hurndall
George Simon
Counsellor-at-Law .......... Abraham Sofaer
Cora Simon, his wife
.......... Rita Vale.
Lena Simon, his
mother. .......... Vivienne Chatterton
Peter J Malone,
County Clerk .......... MacDonaid Parke
Johann Breitstein
camera man .......... Olaf. Olsen.
Harry Becker Communist
.......... Malcolm Hayes
Francis Clark Baird.
.......... Richard Williams
With Audrey Cameron, Elsa Palmer.
Robert Rietty. and Jack Gwilliin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-09-19, 16-30
Monday Matinee '
KEEP MURDER QUIET'
by Lance Sieveking and Selwyn Jepson
(founded on Selwyn Jepson's novel)
Produced By: Cleland
Finn
Sir Roger Spain:
Leslie Perrins
Sir George
Rendlesham, a solicitor: Martin Lewis
Inspector Toms:
Richard Williams
Hookie: John Carol
MacColl: Raf de la
Torre
Stock Sir Roger's
butler: Frederick Bennett
Judy Sir Roger's
sister: Denise Bryer
Lily Booker:
Hermlone Baddeley
Harriet Souter:
Beryl Calder
Lydia Sorensen:
Catherine Campbell
Madeleine Sir
Roger's stepmother: Betty Baskcomb
Old Booker: Sidney
Monckton
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-09-26, 16-15
Monday Matinee 'MORNING DEPARTURE'
by Kenneth Woollard
Members of the creiv of Submarine S. 14 ..........
Members of the Shore Staff ..........
Produced By
.......... James Crampsey
Lt -Cdr Stanford, D
s o , R N (Captain of S. 14) .......... James McKechnie
Lt Manson, R N (1st
Lieutenant) .......... Derek Walker
Lt Oakley, R N V R
(Navigation Officer) .......... Harry Hutchinson
Lt McFee R N R (Engineer
Officer) .......... Duncan McIntyre
Petty Officer Barlow
.......... Donald Gray
Leading Seaman
Hillbrook .......... David Endera
Stoker Marks
.......... Ronald Sidney
Stoker Snipe
.......... Charles Mason
Able Seaman Higgins
(Mess Orderly) .......... Frederick Peisley
Commander Gates, R N
('N' Sub marine Flotilla) .......... Alan Wheatley
Commander Whately, R
N (Salvage Depot. Devonport) .......... Geoffrey Edwards
Captain Fenton, R.
N. R. (Salvage Officer S and S E Areas) .......... Cyril Gardiner
Captain Marshall, D
s o , R N (D N S Admiralty) .......... Ivan Samson
Brackley (Civilian
clerk in D N S Office) .......... Peter MacDonell
Day telephone
operator .......... Joan Clement Scott
Night telephone
operator .......... Ella Mllna
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-10-03, 16-15
Monday Matinee '
DEVONSHIRE CREAM'
A West-Country comedy by Eden Phillpotts
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Owen Reed in the
BBC's West of England studios
Ellas Widecombe:
Norman Kendall
Amy, his wife:
Phyllis Smala
Beth, their
daughter: Aileen Mills
William Blee:
Charles Wreford
Joseph Munday:
Hedley Goodall
Robert Blanchard:
Francis Lunt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-10-10, 16-15
Monday Matinee '
ALIEN CORN'
by Sidney Howard
Adapted by Alec Macdonald
Produced By: Hugh
Stewart
Ottokar Brandt:
Frederick Schiller
Elsa Brandt: Joan
Hart
Julian Entwhistle:
Peter Cushing
Professor Skeats:
Sydney Keith
Stockton: MacDonald
Parke
Harry Conway: John
McLaren
Mrs Skeats: Gwen Day
Burroughs
Muriel Conway: Janet
Morrison
Phipps, of the '
Gazette ': Arthur Lawrence
Watkins: Roy Plomley
A policeman: Preston
Lockwood
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-10-17, 16-15
Monday Matinee
Pamela Brown, Sebastian Shaw in ' THE CONSTANT WIFE'
by W. Somerset
Maugham
Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells
Produced By
.......... Frank Hauser
John Middleton, F R
C S .......... Sebastian Shaw
Constance, his wife
.......... Pamela Brown
Martha, her sister
.......... Betty Baskcomb
Mrs Culver, their
mother .......... Gladys Spencer
Mortimer Durham
.......... Cyril Gardiner
Marie-Louise, his
wife .......... Pamela Stirling
Bernard Kersal
.......... Richard Hurndall
Barbara Fawcett
.......... Elaine Montgomerie
Bentley ..........
Charles Mortimer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-10-24, 16-15
Monday Matinee The
Ulster Group Theatre in 'BOYD'S SHOP'
An Ulster comedy by St. John Ervine
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by James Mageean
Scene: Donaghreagh, a small village in Northern Ireland
Contributors
Andy Haveron, a
young boy: Mark Fisher
Andrew Boyd, a
grocer: R. H. McCandless
Agnes Boyd, his
daughter: Margaret D'Arcy
John Haslett, a
newcomer to Donaghreagh: John F. Tyrone
Miss McClurg:
Elizabeth Begley
Mrs McBratney:
Elizabeth McKeown
Mrs Clotworthy:
Sheila McGibbon
Miss Logan: Jean
Lundy
The Rev. Ernest
Dunwoody, M.A., a young Presbyterian Minister: Joseph Tomelty
William Henry Doak,
a farmer: Jack O'Malley
Carrie, the Boyds'
maidservant: Audrey Bell
The Rev. Arthur
Patterson, Minister of Donaghreagh First PresbyterianChurch: W R Gordon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-10-31, 16-15
Monday Matinee 'THE
TRANSIT OF VENUS'
by H. M. Harwood
Adapted by Peggy Wells
Produced By: Noel
Iliff
Capt Ronald Fairfax:
Hugh Manning
Mark Daere: Richard
Hurndall
Patsey Markham:
Beryl Calder
Sir Evelyn Markham:
Gordon McLeod
Alexander Wesson:
Stanley Groome
Cynthia Telford:
Marjorie Mars
Hon George Telford:
Felix Felton
The Khan Aghaba:
Abraham Sofaer
Ibrahim: Raf de La
Torre
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Programme - 1949-11-07, 16-15
Monday Matinee
Edward Chapman, Hugh Burden in 'THE PARAGON'
by Roland
Pertwee and Michael Pertwee
Adapted for broadcasting by Michael Pertwee
Time .......... The present
Produced By
.......... Archie Campbell
Effle ..........
Denise Bryer
Sir Robert Rawley
.......... Edward Chapman
Joan, his wife
.......... Lydia Sherwood
Vellaby ..........
Bryan Powley
Messenger boy
.......... Michael John
Lodgekeeper
.......... Dorothy Summers
Jessica ..........
Amy Dalby
Kate ..........
Valentine Dunn
The Earl of Shandon
.......... Arthur Wontner
Angela ..........
Diana Maddox
Maxwell Oliver
.......... Philip Cunningham
The Unknown Man
.......... Hugh Burden
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Light Programme - 1949-11-14, 16-15
Monday Matinee 'HOME IS TOMORROW'
by J. B. Priestley
Adapted from the stage play by the author and Cynthia
Pughe
Produced By: Michael
MacOwan
Louis Riberac: Alan
Wheatley
Lady Fortrose: Irene
Worth
Nils Dayton: Patrick
Barr
Anne Westfleld: Rita
Vale
Sir George Surrey:
Douglas Jefferies
Sir Edward Fortrose:
Sebastian Shaw
Doctor Melnik: Cecil
Trouncer
Professor Chu: John
Ruddock
Karam: Andrew
Churchman
Rosa Olacca: Joy
Parker
Felipe: John Fabian
Lerma: Geoffrey Dunn
Vezabar: Francis de
Wolff
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Light Programme - 1949-11-21, 16-15
Monday Matinee 'THE
MAN WITH A CLOAK FULL OF HOLES'
by W. P. Lipscomb
Adapted by L. du Garde Peach from the author's stage play
Produced By
.......... Wilfrid Grantham
Christopher Columbus
.......... James McKechnie
Beatrix, his wife
.......... Grizelda Hervey
Luis Santangel
.......... Abraham Sotaer
King Ferdinand
.......... Patrick Waddington
Queen Isabella
.......... Joan Hart
Peter Martyr
.......... Hugh Manning
Friar John ..........
Preston Lockwood
Archbishop
.......... John Turnbull
Father Boyle
.......... Harry Hutchinson
Sons of
Columbus:Diego .......... Alan Foss
Sons of
Columbus:Fernando .......... Basil Jones
Others taking part .......... George Hagan , Ernest Sefton ,
William Trent , and members of the BBC
Repertory Company
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Light Programme - 1949-11-28, 16-15
Monday Matinee -
'FOUR DAYS'
by Monckton Hoffe
Production By:
Martyn C. Webster
Francis Templer:
Walter Fitzgerald
Lucien Templer:
Grizelda Hervey
Hammond Stubbs: Leon
Quartermaine
Johnny Keylin: Peter
Coke
Arthur Silverton:
Martin Lewis
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Light Programme - 1949-12-05, 16-15
Monday Matinee '
MARRIAGE AFORETHOUGHT'
by Gerald Savory
Produced By: Charles
Lefeaux
Jennifer: Barbara
Lott
Lawrence: Philip
Wade
Mr Justice Marsden:
Frederick Lloyd
Pelham Fenchurch:
Carleton Hobbs
William Fenchurch:
John McLaren
Lister Biddle:
William Mervyn
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Light Programme - 1949-12-12, 16-15
Monday Matinee
'CIVVY STREET'
by Blair ...
Produced By: Ayton
Whitaker
Mrs Stonier:
Vivienne Chatterton
Beryl: Natalie
Jordan
Betty Hardrow:
Rosemary Lomax
Mr Stonier: Ernest
Jay
Jim Hardrow:
Alastair Duncan
Jill Stonier: Beryl
Calder
Ian Oliphant: Alec
Ross
Major Wraffler:
Geoffrey Lewis
Dick Stonier: Roger
Snowdon
Gladys Stonier:
Doris Gilmore
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Light Programme - 1949-12-19, 16-15
Monday Matinee
Edward Chapman and Hugh Burden in ' THE PARAGON'
by Roland and Michael Pertwee
Adapted for broadcasting by Michael Pertwee
Time: The Present
Produced By: Archie
Campbell
Efne: Denise Bryer
Sir Robert Rawley:
Edward Chapman
Joan, his wife:
Lydia Sherwood
Vellaby: Bryan Powley
Messenger boy:
Michael John
Lodgekeeper: Dorothy
Summers
Jessica: Amy Dalby
Kate: Valentine Dunn
The Earl of Shandon:
Arthur Wontner
Angela: Diana Maddox
Maxwell Oliver:
Philip Cunningham
The Unknown Man:
Hugh Burden
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