Radio 3 Drama, 1982
Compiled by Stephen Shaw
DRAMA ON RADIO 3 - 1982
1st
January 1982:
21.15-21.45
:
The
Belman of London (1608), adapted by David Nathan from the writings
of the Jacobean playwright Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 - 1632)
.
Directed
By: Jenyth Worsley
the
Belman: Michael Pennington
Street
musician: Doug Wootton
Street
musician: Lucie Skeaping
Beggar:
Margaret Robertson
Beggar:
Sion Probert
Repeated
2nd April 1982 and 7th September 1982
3rd
January 1982
20.00
:
eye
an autobiography of E E Cummings (1894-1962) by David Ossman.
When
God decided to invent everything he took one breath bigger than a
circus tent and everything began. Specially improvised music by
Stewart Allin
Directed
By: Alec Reid
eec:
Don Fellows
him:
Kerry Shale
her:
Yvonne Adalian
Also
with Iain Kendell and John Lewis.
[Yvonne
Adalian's only BBC credit, she is Canadian and recorded many radio
plays for CBC]
[David
Ossman's only BBC credit- he is American and produced radio programs
for NPR.]
[Some
books gave the authors name as e e cummings, but an assertion in a
book that he referred to himself in lower case was disputed. Cummings
free form poetry frequently used lower case. The Radio Times entry
was all in lower case and with no punctuation- corrected above.
E. Cummings (name) can be safely capitalized; it was one of his
publishers, not he himself, who lowercased his name.
7th
January 1982
19.30-21.15
:
The
Atheist. by Thomas Otway, adapted for radio by Peter Barnes.
1680:
London Society has been turned topsy-turvy by hundreds of disbanded
Army Officers looking for sex and money. Some have married; some have
avoided the trap. The play follows the attempts of several ladies to
ensnare Captain Beaugard and to bring Captain Courtine to his senses.
Music
by Christopher Whelen
Directed
By: Martin Jenkins
Beaugard,
an unattached Captain and Gentleman: Denis Quilley
Courtine,
an unhappily married Captain: John Rowe
Sylvia,
a rejected wife: Sarah Badel
Porcia,
a bawdy widow: Anna Massey
Lucrecia,
a bawdy spinster: Diana Bishop
Daredevil,
an atheist: Peter Jones
Beaugard's
father, a bankrupt: Geoffrey Matthews
Fourbin:
Henry Knowles
Mrs
Furnish/Phyllis: Sonia Fraser
Theodoret:
Geoffrey Collins
Gratian:
Bryan Marshall
Dwarf:
Danny Schiller
Chloris:
Eve Karpf
First
ruffian: John Webb
Second
ruffian: Stephen Garlick
Rosano:
John Livesey
Boy:
David Bradshawe
Repeated
from 31st May 1981
10th
January 1982:
19.45
:
Florent
and the Tuxedo Millions by Peter Redgrove.
Florent
, looking for a career for herself after Cambridge, becomes a private
detective, with highly unforeseen results.
Directed
by Brian Miller
BBC
Bristol
Angharad
Rees: Florence Florent
Dan
Florence: Timothy Bateson
Dee:
Benny Lee
Battersea:
Conrad Phillips
Tall
Boy and the New Dan: Guy Gregory
Tuxedo:
Jack Holloway
Harry
Aitch: Nicholas McArdle
Godstop:
Sion Probert
Prosper
Butler: Michael Tudor Barnes
Also
with Julia Hills, David Ponting, Brian Gear, Derek Graham, Paul
Nicholson
Repeated
on 29th July 1982
12th
January 1982
21.40
:
Majorana.
Disappearance of a Physicist
The
enquiry by Leonardo Sciascia. translated and adapted by Gabriel
Josipovici and Sacha Rabinovitch.
The
dead get found; it is the living who can disappear.
In
1938 the Sicillian Ettore Majorana left suicide notes, caught the
steamer from Naples for Palermo and disappeared. Aged 32, he was one
of the very few physicists left in Italy or Germany capable of
solving the problems of nuclear fission.
Did
he really commit suicide, or did he choose to disappear?
Musique
concrete by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producer
Richard Keek
Sciascia:
Peter Jeffrey
Ettore
Majorana: Tim Woodward
Also
with: Cyril Shaps, John Rye, Malcolm Hayes, George Parsons, John
Livesey, Margaret Robertson, Pauline Letts, Giancar Ciccone, Enrico
Verdecchi and Anna Maria Grecas
Repeated
from 16th September 1981
19th
January 1982:
21.55
:
The
Row over 'La Ronde'- Edited version of the trial transcript by
Rainer Lewandowski, translated and adapted by Frank Marcus.
On
22 February 1921, a riot took place at the Little Theatre [Kleines
Schauspielbaus] in Berlin, over the alleged obscenity in Arthur
Schnitzler's Play, 'La Ronde'. The theatre management and the actors
were prosecuted. But the trial bad a more sinister purpose than the
indictment of a supposedly erotic performance. Schnitzler himself
banned performances of the play until 50 years after his death.
Commentary
by Hugh Rank
Directed
by Alec Reid
Judge
Brennhausen: John Moffatt
Defence
Counsel Wolfgang Heine: Alan Dobie
Public
Prosecutor Von Bradtke: Hugh Dickson
Expert
Witnesses:
Professor
Karl Brunner: Peter Vaughan
Doctor
Alfred Kerr: Valentine Dyall
Accused:
Gertrud
Eysoldt: Jill Balcon
Maximilian
V Sladek: Crawford Logan
Robert
Forster-Larrinaga: Geoffrey Collins
Witnesses:
Theodora
Reineck: Annie Leon
Dr
Johannes Steinweg: Lockwood West
Klara
Muller: Jean Trend
Joachim
Hochradel: Andrew Branch
Ernst
Friedlander: Terry O'Brien
Actors:
Soldier.:
Geoffrey Collins
Housemaid:
Wendy Murray
Husband:
Derek Chandler
Young
Woman: Miranda Forbes
Poet:
Spencer Banks
Girl:
Patience Tomlinson
Repeated
7th April 1982.
[Arthur
schnitzler died 21/10/1931. This play is about a stage play written
in Austrian German as 'Reigen' in 1897. There were some
difficulties when the 1897 play was staged in 1921. The 1897 play
was made into a French film in 1950 and the French film title (Ronde)
has replaced the original German title. There were three other films
based on the 1897 play (1920,1964,1973) and many more reworkings. The
1921 trial transcript of over 400 pages lists more than a dozen
accused.]
21st
January 1982
19.30-22.30
:
The
Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare.
[In
a fit of groundless jealousy, Leontes wrecks his marriage, defies the
gods, destroys his family and ruins himself. A new generation flee
their own country and take refuge in Sicilia. Unknowingly they bring
with them the key to the past, present and future.]
Music
composed by David Timson and sung by Alan Dudley, Theresa
Streatfeild, David Timson and Patience Tomlinson
Directed
By: Martin Jenkins
Leontes,
King of: Ronald Pickup
Hermione,
his wife: Hannah Gordon
Polixenes,
King of: Gary Bond
Paulina:
Barbara Jefford
Antigonus:
Michael Gough
Camillo:
Michael Spice
Autolycus
a rogue: Derek Smith
the
old shepherd: Cyril Luckham
the
clown, his son: David Timson
Perdita,
his daughter: Angela Pleasence
Florizel:
Christopher Guard
Time:
John Gielgud
Mamillius/Dorcus:
Patience Tomlinson
Dion/Court
officer: John Livesey
Archidamus/Cleomenes:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Doctor/Servant:
Spencer Banks
Pauline's
steward: Alan Dudley
Emilia:
Pauline Letts
Mopsa:
Theresa Streatfeild
Lady:
Jill Lidstone
First
Lord/Mariner: Stephen Thorne
Gaoler/Rogeto:
George Parsons
Lord/Shepherd's
servant: Steve Hodson
Gentleman:
Hugh Dickson
Shepherdess:
Stella Forge
Repeated
20th February 1983.
28th
January 1982:
19.00-21.55
with 10 min interval.:
A
Patriot for Me by John Osborne adapted for radio by Anton Gill
This
play, which is based on fact, is set in Austria-Hungary and Poland in
the years 1890-1913.
Directed
by John Tydeman and Anton Gill
Alfred
Redl: Gary Bond
Lady
Godiva/Siczynski/Stanitsin: Haydn Wood
Steinbauer/von
Taussig: Sean Arnold
A
young man/ Marie Antoinette: John McAndrew
Ludwig
Von Mohl: Norman Rodway
Albrecht/Paul:
Martyn Read
Hilde:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Colonel
Oblensky: Robert Lang
General
von Hotzendorf: Patrick Barr
Countess
Delyanoff: Jill Bennett
Jaroslav
Kunz: John Church
Baron
von Epp: John Moffatt
Ferdy:
Philip Fox
Tsarina
/Mischa/Viktor: Richard Gibson
Stefan
Kovacs/Dr Schoepfer: Gordon Reid
Max
Von Kupfer: Anthony Hyde
Narrator:
Alexander John
Repeated
from 15th March 1981
Repeated
on 16th January 1994
[Philip
Franks directed another (shorter) radio version in 2015 with Peter
Egan and Richard Goulding]
[Refusal
of a public licence for this play in 1965 helped end theatrical
censorship in 1968]
31st
January 1982:
19.15
:
Translations
by Brian Friel
Set
in the small village of Ballybeg, Co Donegal, at a time when, like so
many villages in Ireland, the local people had established a 'hedge
school' to replace the other forms of education suppressed by the
British Government, the play begins with the arrival of the British
Army Ordnance Survey in 1833 - to map the country and translate Irish
place names into English equivalents.
Directed
for stage and Adapted for radio by Donald McWhinnie
Producer
Robert Cooper
BBC
Northern Ireland
Manus:
Gabriel Byrne
Sarah:
Marie Ni Ghrainne
Jimmy
Jack: Sebastian Shaw
Maire:
Bernadette Shortt
Donalty:
Ron Flanagan
Bridget:
Anna Keaveney
Hugh:
Ian Bannen
Owen:
Tony Doyle
Captain
Lancey: Peter Barnes
Lieutenant
Yolland: Shaun Scott
Repeated
10th February 1983 and 25th April 1989
4th
February 1982:
19.30
:
Stem
Ezra by Bernard Kops
In
Northern Italy, towards the end of the Second World War, an American
army unit took into captivity a gaunt, babbling fugitive. The man was
Ezra Pound, considered to be one of the greatest poets in the world.
Pound was not only a propagandist for the Fascist way of life, but
held strongly anti-Semitic views. He was placed in a cage [for three
weeks], under appalling conditions, pending trial for treason [he was
deemed unfit for trial]. It was an experience from which he never
fully recovered, alone with his conscience, his ideals, his
conflicts. Ezra Pound - visionary genius or madman?
Technical
presentation by Peter Novis, assisted by Marsail MacCuish and David
Chilton.
Directed
by Cherry Cookson
Ezra
Pound: Ian Holm
Dorothy
Pound: Barbara Jefford
Benito
Mussolini: John Turner
Antonio
Vivaldi: John Carson
Claretta
Petacci: Sarah Babel
with
Cyril Shaps, Christopher Scott, John Livesey, John Webb, Diana
Bishop, Alan Dudley, David Timson, Spencer Banks and Margaret
Robertson
Repeated
from 7th May 1981
Repeated
8th October 1991
[Ezra
Pound 1885-1972]
[Marsail
MacCuish 1939-2009. She was a Stage Manager who produced sound
effects for BBC Radio Drama]
10th
February 1982
19.00
:
Shems
Progress: James Joyce and the Making of Finnegans Wake by John Quinn
Music played by the Sugawn Folk.
Directed
by Piers Plowright
Jim
Norton: Jim Norton
Anna
Livia Plurabelle: Dearbhla Molloy
Stanislaus
Joyce: Michael Loughnan
Harriet
Shaw Weaver: Patricia Leventon
Ezra
Pound: Richard Leech
James
Stephens: John Quinn
Repeated
23rd April 1982
11th
February 1982
19.45
:
The
Blue Dress by William Trevor
Terris
is a middle-aged journalist with an obsession for the truth. He can
never accept the surface appearance of things and when he meets the
youthful Dorothea and falls in love, there is something about her and
her perfect-seeming ohso-English county family which nags at him.
Directed
by: John Tydeman
Terris:
David Burke
Dr
Lysarth: Malcolm Hayes
Mrs
Lysarth: Pauline Letts
Dorothea:
Elizabeth Proud
Jonathan:
Stephen Garlick
Adam:
David Timson
Agnes
Kemp: Susan Sheridan
Repeated
from 27th September 1981
Also
repeated on Radio 4 on 16th March 1985
14th
February 1982
19.55
:
Hunger
[1890] by Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), translated and dramatised for
radio by Robert Ferguson
A
young man living in Christiania [Kristiania, now Oslo] makes a pact
with destiny: to succeed as a writer or starve.
'My
poverty had its positive advantages: the poor, intelligent man was a
far more subtle observer of life than the rich.'
Directed
By: Anthony Vivis
Narrator:
Stephen Rea
Old
man: Cyril Shaps
Scissors:
Christopher Scott
Editor:
Alan Dudley
Boy:
David Bradshawe
Cakelady:
,judy Franklin
Marie
': Amanda Murray
Constable:
John Livesey
Sergeant:
Patrick Barr
Pawnbroker:
Alexander John
Repeated
from 31st July 1981
[The
play title in the original Norwegian is Sult]
18th
February 1982
19.25
:
Letter
to the Old Man on a Cassette Recorder by Nigel Baldwin
A
pop singer gets unthinkingly caught up with Irish revolutionaries.
From prison he is allowed to visit his dying father. Meanwhile, he
has sent ' the old man 'a cassette recording to explain other aspects
of his troubled life.
Twelve
string and acoustic guitar played by Max Britain.
Special
music composed and conducted by Ilona Sekacz.
Directed
by Richard Wortley
Michael:
William Nighy
Michael
as a boy/Irish-woman: Susan Sheridan
the
old man: Geoffrey Matthews
Letty:
Maggie Shevlin
David
as a boy: Elizabeth Lindsay
Jean,
Michael's mother: Heather Bell
Teacher
and nurse: Patience Tomlinson
David
as a man: David McAlister
Headmaster:
Michael Spice
Tudor:
Spencer Banks
Hospital
sister: Diana Bishop
Irishman:
Sion Probert
School
Corps Captain and prison warder.: Alan Dudley
Repeated
16th January 1983
21st
February 1982:
19.35:
Death
in Trieste by Frederic Raphael
A
classics schoolmaster takes his annual holiday in Italy, which brings
back memories, hopes, disappointments
Producer:
Anthony Moncrieff
Narrator:
John Bennett
Gilbert
Sage: Norman Rodway
Janny
Mortimer: Kara Wilson
James
Mortimer: Stephen Raphael
Mungo
Mortimer: John Rye
MacGlashan:
Stephen Garlick
Roger
Hopkinson: Toby Robertson
Hugo
Transom: Daniel Brown
Cobbold:
William Tollemache
Frances:
Anna Carteret
Mario:
Alfredo Michelson
Harry
Dribbs: Alexander John
Repeated
from 22nd October 1981
28th
February 1982:
19.55
:
The
Ironclads (Classe de Ferro) by Aldo Nicolaj (1920-2004) translated
and adapted for radio by Carlo Ardito
"The
idea of The Ironclads came to me from reading Simone de Beauvoir's
La Vieillesse. This book brought me face-to-face with the problem of
old age.... I therefore prepared myself for the onset of old age by
working on this naive and cruel piece, in which the principal
characters are weak and vulnerable senior citizens. It also seemed to
me to be fair to devote a play to old people because our society
hardly, if ever, gives them a thought". The play Is set in the
suburban park of a large Italian town.
Directed
By: Glyn Dearman
Libero:
Trevor Howard
Luigi:
Roland Culver
Ambra:
Linda Polan
Repeated
26th August 1982
3 March 1982:
Chances
Two interlinked monologues by Susan Hill. In The Girl, performed by Judi Dench, a resilient Irish girl ponders her life as a waitress and cleaner at a seaside hotel. In The Woman, performed by Peggy Ashcroft, an older guest recalls better days and higher standards of service at the same establishment. Director: Richard Wortley. (Repeat from 20 June 1981. Also on 4 Extra on 19 April 2017) ...entry added by Ian Johns.
4th
March 1982
22.20
:
Of
The Levitation at St Michael's By Carey Harrison
'
We were an unlikely pair, I suppose. But livestock brings one
together across all sorts of social barriers. Matty was a goat
breeder: a pro. I was an amateur. Encouraged by my husband. Though
not out of love. When Jack first stood for Parliament, the local
television people came and filmed me milking a goat-at Jack's
request; the common touch to impress the locals. After he'd won the
seat people kept asking him about the goats. I had to have some.'
Directed
by Shaun MaCloughlin
BBC
Bristol
Matty:
Mary Wimbush
Elizabeth:
June Barrie
Repeated
from 30th November 1980
5th
March 1982
13.05-13.20
:
The
Choice (1700) by John Pomfret (1667-1702)
Arranged
for broadcasting by John Robert King
With
a quizzical commentary by ' a working-class Liverpudlian '.
Producer
Shaun MacLoughlin
BBC
Bristol
Contributors
John
Pomfret: Hugh Burden
Liverpudlian:
Bill Monks
[The
Choice is a poem which may have led to Pomfret's early death in
London of smallpox.]
7th
March 1982
19.45
:
On
Top by Liane Aukin
Disillusioned
with her life, Cissie has decided to seek refuge and solitude in a
room at the top of an empty house. Mickey, once her lover has
discovered her whereabouts. His arrival shatters Cissie's hope of
peace, as Mickey has been followed by a stranger who has also been
looking for her.
Directed
by David Spenser
Cissie:
Annette Crosbie
Mickey:
Dawn Grainger
Baker:
Terrence Hardiman
the
Boy: Ian Hoare
Other
voices: Graham Faulkner, Stephen Garlick, Kathryn Hurlbutt, Amanda
Murray
11th
March 1982
20.00
:
Woodbrook
by David Thomson (1914-1988) adapted by Philip Donnellan
'I
was 18 when I first saw Woodbrook. The children pulled me towards the
window of the car and I saw its slate roof from the turn of the road
at the top of Hughestown Hill. More than 30 years later it is still
there - but the scene is different ...
Set
in Roscommon, the play recalls a poignant love affair with the Irish
countryside, the people, and. in particular, the young tutor's pupil,
Phoebe, daughter of the Big House.
Producer:
Maurice Leitch
David:
Maurice Denham
Young
David: Joseph Blatchley
Ivy:
Sian Phillips
Phoebe:
Janina Faye
Charlie:
Kevin Flood
With
Garard Green, Michael Golden, Allan McClelland, Joan Matheson,
Manning Wilson and Kenneth Shanley. And the voices of some of the
country people of Roscommon.
Repeated
13th November 1983 and 21st January 1990
14th
March 1982
20.00
:
Passing
Through by Rhys Adrian
Pat
sits behind his newspaper at the same table in the same corner of the
same pub every evening. He is a railwayman and functions like a
clock. He talks to no one and no one talks to him. Then, one evening,
a stranger enters into conversation with him and the pattern is
broken.
Directed
By: John Tydeman
Richard:
Hugh Burden
Patrick:
Harry Towb
Beth:
Diana Bishop
Repeated
from 8th February 1981
19th
March 1982
19.00-19.30:
Journey
to a Revolution, Devised and compiled by George Watson
In
the summer of 1790, William Wordsworth and Robert Jones, two
Cambridge undergraduates of 20, more in love with the picturesque
than with politics, walked across revolutionary France and into
Switzerland and Italy. This is an account of that three-month walk.
Director:
Anton Gill
BBC
Birmingham
William
Wordsworth: Gary Bond
Dorothy
Wordsworth: Sara Clee
Robert
Jones: Sion Probert
21st
March 1982
18.30-21.00
:
Faust
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Adapted
by Anthony Vivis from the translation by Louis MacNeice and E. L.
Stahl
Part
1 :
The
medieval folk-legend of a magus who makes a pact with the devil forms
the basis of Goethe's famous work.
Disenchanted
with the limitations of his academic knowledge. Dr Faust decides to
study the arts of magic and to master the supernatural.
Mephistopheles appears and offers Faust renewed youth and the power
to experience the reality and the mystery of life and all the human
suffering it will involve.
Faust
signs an agreement with the devil. but his soul will only be
forfeited If ever his restless spirit is satisfied and content.
Music
composed by Christos Pittas
Directed
by David Spenser.
(Part
2 followed Sun 28th)
Faust:
Simon Callow
Mephistopheles:
Ronald Pickup
Gretchen:
Angharad Rees
Martha:
Pauline Letts
Wagner:
John Livesey
The
Lord: Nicholas Courtney
Raphael:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Gabriel:
Crawford Logan
Michael:
George Parsons
Earth
spirit: Stephen Thorne
Valentine:
Spencer Banks
Witch
in the kitchen: Diana Bishop
Evil
spirit: Christopher Scott
Will
o' the wisp: Danny Schiller
Monkey:
David Gooderson
Coster
witch: Jean Trend
Lieschen:
Patience Tomlinson
Young
witch: Frances Jeater
Posh
girl: Wendy Murray
Student:
Andrew Secombe
Repeated
14th October 1982, 23rd October 1994
28th
March 1982:
18.45-22.30
(incl 15 minute interval) :
Faust
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Adapted
for radio by Anthony Vivis from the abridged translation by Louis
MacNeice and E. L. Stahl
Part
2
Music
by Christos Pittas
Directed
by David Spenser
Faust:
Simon Callow
Mephistopheles:
Ronald Pickup
Helen:
Maureen O'Brien
Homunculus:
Jane Knowles
Emperor:
David March
Gretchen:
Angharad Rees
Wagner:
John Livesey
Ariel/Euphorion:
Andrew Branch
Nereus:
Richard Hurndall
Proteus/Commander-in-Chief:
John Westbrook
Chancellor:
Lockwood West
Thales/Hoarder/Treasurer:
Hugh Dickson
Lynceus/Steward:
David McAlisteb
Anaxagoras/Philemon:
Ronald Herdman
Famulus/Fool:
John Bull
Dread/Galatea:
Frances Jeater
Manto/Chorus-leader:
Jean Trend
Erichtho/Want:
Pauline Letts
Thumper/Page:
Spencer Banks
Snatcher/Herald:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Baucis:
Katherine Parr
Wanderer:
Crawford Logan
Need
: Wendy Murray
Debt:
Theresa Streatfeild
Quickloot:
Sarah Finch
Trojan
lady: Heather Emmanuel
Repeated
21st October 1982 and 30th October 1994
1st
April 1982.
19.45
-21.00:
Terror
by Ken Gass
Terror
can mean many things to many people, from a child's fear of the dark
to the horrifying forms of suffering and blackmail produced by
today's terrorists.
[The
following program written by Canadian Ken Gass is described as an
"experimental work" and has no list of characters. Gass was
"alternative, experimental, underground". The program is
listed here as the director considered it to be a play].
An
exploration of the meaning of terror in seven separate
movements.
Technical
presentation: Lloyd Silverthorne, Cedric Johnson, Julian Walther
Directed
by Richard Wortley
Taking
part:
Sean
Arnold, Peter Barker, Patrick Barr, Diana Bishop, Nicholas Courtney,
Alan Dudley, Judy Franklin, Malcolm Hayes, Kathryn Hurlbutt,
Alexander John, Sophie Kind, Jane Knowles, Jenny Lee, Patricia
Leventon, Elizabeth Lindsay, Karl Lines, John Livesey, John McAndrew,
Stuart Milligan, Amanda Murray, Olivier Pierre, Sion Probert, Martin
Read, Jayn Rosamund, John Rye, Valerie Sarruf, Christopher Scott,
Cyril Shaps, Jenny Silverthorne, Michael Spice, David Timson, John
Webb, Haydn Wood
Repeated
from 19th August 1981
2nd
April 1982:
19.00
:
The
Belman of London adapted by David Nathan from the writings of
Jacobean dramatist Thomas Dekker.
Repeated
from 1st January 1982 - please see above.
Repeated
7th September 1982
4th
April 1982
19.15-21.00:
The
Passion of Young Werther by J. W. Von Goethe Translated and
abridged by Susanne Flatauer.. Adapted for radio and directed by
Martin Esslin
Goethe's
novel, first published in 1774, was a great literary sensation. It
brought the author international acclaim and influenced the
sensibility of a generation. Its emotional force and deft
construction nfalce it a key work in Goethe's oeuvre. The story of a
love which proves destructive transcends its 18th-century context.
Directed
by Martin Esslin
Werther:
Gabriel Woolf
Charlotte:
Rosalind Shanks
the
Narrator: John Westbrook
with
the voices of Nicolette Mckenzie, Peter Williams and Roy Spencer
First
broadcast 22nd January 1978
7th
April 1982:
19.00
:
The
Row over La Ronde
Repeated
from 19th January 1982 - please see above.
8th
April 1982
20.00
:
Solidarity
by Gareth and Victoria Jones
A
young dissident academic, persecuted for his beliefs in the Soviet
Union, arrives in North Wales to find that here too oppression of the
minority is not unheard of.
Technical
presentation Mostyn Jones
Directed
by Enyd Williams
BBC
Wales
Petras
Juska: Ioan Meredith
Megan
James: Myfanwy Talog
Geralnt
Grifliths/Julijus Kaukenas: Meredith Edwards
Dr
Idris Price/Rimas Povilonis: Howell Evans
Dr
Sera Howells: Elizabeth Morgan
Dilys
Juska/Terese Sauklys: Liz Gebhardt
Jane
Edison: Celia Hewitt
Dr
Derek Bannerman: Peter Baldwin
The
Rev Ralph Bourke/Jonas Markevicius: Stewart Bevan
Paul
Thomas: Warwick Evans
Repeated
from 14th May 1981
10th
July 1982:
19.30
:
Little
Boxes by Derek Robinson
The
CIA still blush at the name of Virgilio Scattolini. He worked for
them in Rome during World War II, and sold the Vatican's diplomatic
secrets to both Hitler and Roosevelt...Then he made one crucial
mistake ... the tale of a wartime spy.
Producer
Richard Ellis
Presenter:
Derek Robinson
Scattolini:
Frank Finlay
CIA
Contact: Richard Pasco
[This
programme is considered authoritative, and was based upon research by
Fr Robert A Graham SJ, an archivist at the Vatican]
Repeated
on 10th July 1982 and 7th June 1983
11th
April 1982
20.00
:
The
Grand Inquisitor from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Mikhailovich
Dostoevsky, translated by David MacArshack
In
16th-century Seville, the day after the burning of 100 heretics, a
man appears inconspicuously and is immediately recognised by the
crowds. He blesses them. and the sick are healed even as they touch
his garments. He is arrested, and the old Grand Inquisitor comes to
interrogate him in the prison cell.
"We
have corrected your great work, and have based it on miracle, mystery
and authority.
I
shall burn you because you have come to meddle with us. For if anyone
has ever deserved our fire, it is you. "
Adapted
and directed by John Theocharis
Grand
Inquisitor: Leo McKern
Ivan:
John Rye
Repeated
from 1st February 1981
15th
April 1982
19.00-22.00
with 18 minute interval.:
Ironhand
by John Arden after Goethe's "Goetz von Berlichingen"
Music
by David Timson
Through
the glass of this medieval story. Goethe saw modern free man in
chains; the princes absolute, stupid, surrounded by unscrupulous
counsellors; the church stagnant: the law unjust and corrupt. Goetz
Ironhand is a man who raises his iron fist against a decadent
civilisation.
Adapted
for radio and directed by Martin Jenkins
Goetz
Ironhand: David Suchet
Weislingen:
John Woodvine
Adelheid:
Anna Massey
Elisabeth:
Anna Cropper
Maria:
Maureen O'Brien
Selbitz:
Patrick Troughton
Sickingen:
John Turner
Lerse:
David Buck
the
Bishop: Harold Innocent
Karl:
Jill Lidstone
Georg:
Gary Cady
Frans:
Spencer Banks
Liebetraut/Office:
David Timson
Margaret:
Wendy Murray
Dr
Olearius/Second merchant.: John Warner
Emperor/Chief
Judge: Hugh Dickson
Metzler
: John Hollis
Sievers:
David Gooderson
First
merchant/Bride's father: Alan Dudley
Peter:
Stephen Garlick
Goetz'
officer: Crawford Logan
Baron
von Sirau: David McAlister
Martin
Luther/Serjeant: Christopher Scott
Landlord/Wild:
Lee Harrington
Repeated
24th February 1983
[Based
upon a drama by Goethe written in 1773, which in turn was based upon
prior memoirs by the real Goetz von Berlichingen (1480-1562). The
original play was very long and had an immense cast, it has been
repeatedly cut down.]
18th
April 1982:
18.30-21.00
with 10 minute interval.
Torquato
Tasso by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. A new translation by Alan and
Sandy Brownjohn.
"Here
other men must suffer grief in silence,
A
god gave me the power to speak my pain.
The
poet Tasso lives in the palace of the enlightened Duke Alfonso in
16th-century Ferrara. He has finished his masterpiece, 'Jerusalem
Liberated' and is symbolically crowned by his admiring patrons.
Goethe presents a highly-cultured Court, dedicated to the pursuit or
artistic excellence. The play is centrally concerned with the
discrepancy between the artist and the rest of the world.
Music
by Michael Steer.
Directed
by John Theocharis
Tasso:
Michael Pennington
Prince
Alfonso: David Buck
Leonora:
Rosalind Shanks
Antonio:
David Suchet
Princess:
Eileen Atkins
Repeated
17th February 1983
23rd
April 1982
19.00
:
Shems
Progress: James Joyce and the Making of Finnegans Wake by John Quinn
Repeated from 10th February 1982
Please
see entry for 10/2/82.
25th
April 1982:
19.00-21.00
:
Kate
of Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) translated by Peter
Tegel.
"Das
Käthchen von Heilbronn" [Little Kate of
Heilbronn], written in 1807, is Kleist's excursion into the land of
fairy tale, but it is also a play that shows how we deceive ourselves
when seemingly most awake.
Music
composed and conducted by David Cain
Lute:
Christopher Wilson' Recorder: Richard Harvey; Organ: Denis Wilson;
Trumpet: Bill Houghton; Sackbut: Roger Brenner; Sackbut: Ron Bryans;
Percussion: Ann Collis; Percussion: Robert Howes
Technical
presentation: David Greenwood
Director:
Ian Cotterell
Kate:
Janet Maw
Theobald
Friedborn: Nigel Stock
Kunigunde
von Thurneck: Margaret Robertson
The
Nurse: Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
The
Emperor: Robert Eddison
Friedrich
Wetter: David Buck
Count
Otto von der Fluhe: Godfrey Kenton
Wenzel
von Nachtheim: Denys Hawthorne
Flammberg:
Michael McStay
Maximilian,
Baron Von Freiburg: Michael Spice
Georg
von Waldstatten: Haydn Wood
Charcoal
burner: Brian Haines
His
Son: Nigel Greaves
Rosalie:
Diana Bishop
Countess
Helena: Katherine Parr
Count
vom Stein: Alexander John
Eginhardt
von der Wart: Gordon Reid
Gottschalk:
John Bott
Lord
of Thurneck: Sion Probert
Kunigunde's
aunt: Peggy Paige
Eleonore:
Amanda Murray
Repeated
from 9th July 1981
[The
play was also made into an opera by Reinthaler]
29th
April 1982
19.00
:
The
Tragedy of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
Music
composed and conducted by Mike Steer
Technical
presentation by Janet Mitchell and David Hitchinson.
Directed
by Ian Cotterell
Coriolanus/Caius
Martius : Richard Pasco
Volumnia:
Fabia Drake
Virgilia:
Rosalind Shanks
Menenius
Agrippa: Cyril Luckham
Cominius:
Jack May
Titus
Lartius: Brian Haines
Valeria:
Petra Davies
First
Roman Senator: Brian Sanders
Second
Roman Senator: Philip Voss
Junius
Brutus: Michael Spice
Sictnius
Vetutus: Derek Godfrey
Tullus
Aufidius: Tim Pigott-Smith
Senators:
John Gabrieil; Harold Kasket
Citizens
of Rome: Eric Allan; Fred Bryant; John Bull; Roger Hammond; Hilda,
Kriseman; Michael McStay; Tammy Ustinov
Citizens
of Antium: Andrew Branch; Gordon Dulieu; Joe Dunlop; Adrian Egan;
Leonard Fenton; Danny Schiller; Philip Sully
Repeated
from 20th September 1979
[There
was a later production by Ned Chaillet in 2002]
6th
May 1982:
19.00-21.00:
Petals
of Blood: The novel by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O dramatised by Mary Benson
The
intertwined history of four young people living in a Kenyan village
shortly after independence. Their uneasy relationships. hidden lives
and loves unfold against background of change in their own village
and In Kenya itself.
Directed
by Christopher Venning
Munira:
Joe Marcell
Wanja:
Millie Kiairie
Nyakinyua:
Jumoke Debayo
Inspector
Godfrey: Rudolf Walker
Abdulla:
Alton Kumalo
Joseph:
Anni Domingo
Njogu:
Lionel Ngkane
Njunguna:
Victor Lindsay
Muturi:
Frank Singuineau
Lawyer:
Tony Osoba
Also
with: Elizabeth Adare; Christopher Asante; Trevor Cooper; Mark
Heath; Olu Jacobs; Willie Jonah; Kwesi Kay; Millie Kiairie; Alton
Kumalo; Jill Lidstone; Amadoo Maddy; Louis Mahoney; Joe Marcell; John
Matshikiza; Willie Payne; Clarke Peters; Hugh Quarshie; Danny
Schiller; Shope Shodeinde; Bernadette Windsor
Repeated
from 22nd February 1981
9th
May 1982:
20.00
:
Down
Among the Umalogas or Raymond's Dream by Steve May
An
hallucinatory comedy set in a timeless Africa.
Directed
By: Brian Miller
BBC
Bristol
Raymond:
David Gooderson
Narrator:
William Squire
Rastus:
Nigel Anthony
Jethro:
Guy Gregory
Old
Woman: Katherine Parr
Witchdoctor:
Alaric Cotter
First
Justice/English Judge: Garard Green
Second
Justice: John Livesey
Echoing
voice: Peter Whitman
Gala:
Angela Phillips
Old
man: Geoffrey Matthews
Colonel:
Nicholas Courtney
Corporal:
John Telfer
Other
parts played by Rosalind Adams, Mark Buffery, Daniel Hill, Pauline
Letts, Tim Meats
Repeated
21st November 1982
13th
May 1982:
20.30
:
Beef
by David Pownall with The Paines Plough Company
Inspired
by one of the legends of ancient Ireland, "The Cattle Raid of
Cooley", which was recorded in the 12th century by a monk at the
monastery of Clonmacnoise.
The
legend's characters Queen Maeve, her husband Ailill, her lover
Fergus, and the Mad Cuckoo (who is an interpretation of the hero
Cuchulaln), invade Dublin during the Pope's visit to Ireland in
1979.
Directed
for radio by Ian Cotterell
Cusack:
Richard Leech
Con:
Garrett Keogh
Cuckoo:
Gerard Mannix Flynn
Ali:
Sean Caffrey
Fergus:
James Donnelly
Maeve:
Fiona Victory
Janet:
Anne Haydn
Repeated
from 9th April 1981.
16th
May 1982:
19.20
:
Native
Honours by James Rankin
'I
see myself as an enlightened humanist.... The Polynesian loves
gaiety. Why should he not go fishing? I teach him mathematics as
well. I'm no idealist with my head tn the clouds. Would it not be
worse if I stayed in my ivory tower and played the great man? You
want to go back to Scotland. To Edinburgh. To tea.'
Robert
Fethgrew (flageolet)
Directed
by Stewart Conn
BBC
Scotland
Robert
Melville: John Shedden
Beth:
Diana Olsson
Carl
Carlsson: Tom Criddle
Tod:
Beth's Brother
Beamish:
James Cairncross
Dr
Andrew Grant: Ian Stewart
Meachan:
Henry Stamper
Drummond:
Michael Elder
Repeated
from 8th March 1981
17th
May 1982:
22.25-22.30
:
The
Honeywood File by H. B Creswell dramatised in three parts by Judi
Price
The
trials and tribulations of a young architect in the 20s.
1:
The Commission
Directed
by Peter King
Sir
Leslie Brash: Alan Dudley
James
Spinlove: Spencer Banks
Frederick
Dalbet: Hugh Dickson
Phyllis:
Alex Marshall
Beaker
& Smith /Grigblay: Crawford Logan
Potch:
John Warner
18th
May 1982:
21.05-21.15
:
The
Honeywood File by H. B Creswell dramatised in three parts by Judi
Price 2: The Catastrophe of the Trial Holes
19th
May 1982:
21.25-21.30
:
The
Honeywood File by H. B Creswell dramatised in three parts by Judi
Price 3: The District ..?..
[The
three episodes were repeated as a single 20 minute program on 19th
March 1983]
[There
was a 40 minute version produced by Robert Gunnell broadcast in
October 1961]
20th
May 1982:
20.00
:
Gulliver's
Travels by Jonathan Swift dramatised in four parts by Michael
Bakewell
1:
A Voyage to Lilliput
Lemuel
Gulliver, ship's surgeon, is shipwrecked in 1699 in the South Seas
and finds himself in a land peopled by human creatures not aoove six
inches high. Music composed and conducted by Humphrey Searle
Technical
presentation by Janet Mitchell, Carol Mcshane, Diana Barkham
Directed
By Ronald Mason
Gulliver:
Frank Finlay
Marsi:
Andrew Sachs
Clefrin:
Anthony Daniels
Reldresal:
Peter Woodthorpe
the
Emperor of Lilliput: Stephen Thorne
A
Considerable Person: William Fox
The
Hurgo: Michael Spice
The
Empress: Pauline Letts
Bolgolam:
Patrick Barr
Emperor
of Blefuscu: Godfrey Kenton
Flimnap:
Gordon Reid
Capt
Biddel: Sean Arnold
Lilliputians:
Leonard Fenton
Lilliputians:
John McAndrew
Jonathan
Swift: Denys Hawthorne
Repeated
from 4th October 1981
27th
May 1982
20.00
:
Gulliver's
Travels by Jonathan Swift dramatised in four parts by Michael
Bakewell
2:
A Voyage to Brobdingnag
Gulliver
is marooned in Brobdingnag, where the people are as tall as church
steeples. He battles physically and philosophicallytosurvive.
Music
composed and conducted by Humphrey Searle
Technical
presentation by Jock Farrell, Janet Mitchell, Diana Barkham
Directed
by David Hitchinson
Gulliver:
Frank Finlay
the
King of Brobdingnag: William Rushton
Glumdalclitch:
Miriam Margolyes
the
Cat,the Rat and the Monkey: Percy Edwards
the
Queen: Margot Boyd
Farmer:
Michael Spice
His
Son: John McAndrew
His
Wife: Pauline Letts
Nurse:
Kathhyn Hurlbutt
Town
crier: Leonard Fenton
Usher:
Sean Arnold
Scholar:
Godfrey Kenton
Dwarf:
Gordon Reid
Maid:
Amanda Murray
Capt
Wilcocks: Patrick Barr
Jonathan
Swift: Denys Hawthorne
Repeated
from 11th October 1981
30th
May 1981:
19.45
:
Clara's
Play by John Olive
The
play is set in a small, isolated farmhouse, next to a lake in
Southern Minnesota. It is August 1915, in the middle of a heatwave,
when Sverre, a drunken Norwegian handyman, brings company and
entertainment into the life of the farmhouse owner, a lonely cracked
old spinster, Clara O'Keefe.
Directed
by Richard Wortley
Clara:
Faith Brook
Sverre:
Geoffrey Matthews
Three
boys: William Scott Bramer,
Gregory
Pettengill, Christopher Altman
Sheriff
Olson: Garrick Hagon
Fr
Dorneski: Stuart Milligan
Repeated
from 1st October 1981
3rd
June 1982:
20.00
:
Gulliver's
Travels by Jonathan Swift dramatised in four parts by Michael
Bakewell
3:
A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg and Japan
The
flying island of Laputa is peopled by a ruling-class of theorists,
who are gradually destroying the order of life in the lands below
with their quite extraordinary ideas.
Music
composed and conducted by Humphrey Searle.
Technical
presentation by David Greenwood, Carol McShane, Diana Barkham.
Directed
by David Hitchinson
Jonathan
Swift: Denys Hawthorne
Gulliver:
Frank Finlay
the
Warden of the Academy: Spike Milligan
Munodi:
Nigel Stock
the
Chief Astronomer: Norman Rodway
Tutor:
John Rye
Courtier:
Anthony Daniels
Physician:
Douglas Storm
Professor:
Martin Friend
Dutch
plrate: Sean Arnold
Emperor
of Japan: Gordon Reid
King
of Luggnagg: Godfrey Kenton
Governor
of Glubbdubdrib: Patrick Barr
Homer:
Leonard Fenton
Projector:
Michael Spice
Woman:
Pauline Letts
Pupil:
John McAndrew
Repeated
from 18th October 1981
6th
June 1982:
20.00
:
Entertaining
Unawares written for radio by Robert Forrest
I
sipped my drink and for a few seconds he seemed utterly motionless,
standing with his hands lightly clasped in front of him, unsmiling
after the faintest smile and nod when he came in. His hair was
cropped close to his skull but he was lightly bearded and in his left
ear was a tiny earring. He seemed to be offering himself for my
inspection, with something too confidently passive to be defiance.
Not
even his eyes evaded mine.'
Directed
by Patrick Rayner
BBC
Scotland
(First
broadcast on Radio Scotland)
Kate:
Sandra Clark
Alan:
Bill Paterson
John:
David Hayman
Hazel:
Vivienne Dixon
[Script
held by University of Glasgow]
[Radio
Industries Club of Scotland 1981 Best Drama Production, Entertaining
Unawares (Radio Scotland)]
10th
June 1982:
20.00
:
Gulliver's
Travels by Jonathan Swift dramatised in four parts by Michael
Bakewell
4:
A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
Gulliver's
crew mutiny, seize the ship and put him ashore in a strange land
where he finds the most disagreeable human creatures, Yahoos, for
whom he can only feel contempt and aversion. The land he discovers is
ruled by highly intelligent and articulate horses. Houyhnhnms. who
make the humans their slaves.
Music
composed and conducted by Humphrey Searle.
Technical
presentation by Jock Farrell,
David
Greenwood, Diana Barkham.
Directed
by Ronald Mason
Jonathan
Swift: Denys Hawthorne
Gulliver:
Frank Finlay
The
Master: Robert Stephens
the
Sorrel Nag: Bryan Pringle
The
Mare: Jill Balcon
Welch:
John McAndrew
Old
Steed: Godfrey Kenton
Captain
Don Pedro: Michael Spice
Yahoos:
Sean Arnold
Yahoos:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Houyhnhnms:
Amanda Murray
Houyhnhnms:
Patrick Barr
Houyhnhnms:
Leonard Fenton
Houyhnhnms:
Gordon Reid
Repeated
from 25th October 1981
13th
June 1982
19.30
:
Dancing
Ledge by Paul Hyland
Geoff
Burdon is a country boy with no roots. A tractor accident has put the
family out of their tenant farm and his father into a wheelchair.
Geoff rejects the attractions of . emigrating' to town. and invests
his passion in quarrying and working Purbeck stone. He is seduced by
the venerable tradition of rural anarchism and determined to stay, at
all costs.
Directed
on location by Shaun MacLoughlin
BBC
Bristol
Mary
Burdon: Mary Wimbush
Jackie
Burdon: Donald McBride
Geoft
Burden: Steve Hodson
Maggs:
Bridget Lynch-Biosse
The
Rev Stark: Andrew Hilton
Lady
Gregson: Penelope Lee
Geologist:
Bill Horrocks
Repeated
from 23rd April 1981
[This
play has nothing to do with Derek Jarman's autobiography which had
the same title]
17th
June 1982
20.40
:
A
Dream Play by August Strindberg (1849-1912) in version by Ingmar
Bergman , translated by Michael Meyer
In
this dream play the author has attempted to imitate the inconsequent
yet transparently logical shape of a dream. The characters split,
double, multiply, evaporate, condense, disperse, assemble. But one
consciousness rules over them all.
Music
by Ilona Sekacz
Adapted
for radio and directed by Martin Jenkins
Agnes:
Lynsey Baxter
the
Officer: Denis Quilley
the
Advocate: Frank Finlay
the
Schoolmaster: Clifford Rose
Strindberg,
the poet: Ian Richardson
Glazier:
Alan Dudley
Father/He:
David McAlister
Mother/Wife:
Frances Jeater
Una/Edith:
Jill Lidstone
Stage-door
keeper: Katherine Parr
Bill
poster: Ronald Herdman
She:
Miranda Forbes
Coal
carrier: Brian Coburn
Dean
of Law/Coal carrier: Michael Tudor Barnes
Prompter/Dean
of Philosophy: Nicholas Courtney
Blind
man: Hugh Dickson
Quarantine
master: John Hollis
Naval
officer/Nils: Spencer Banks
Kristin:
Theresa Streatfeild
Repeated
13th January 1983
19th
June 1982:
21.30
:
Sol
Plaatje by Mary Benson (1919-2000)
The
story of a remarkable self-taught young African Journalist who kept
vivid Boer War diaries and later became a famous politician.
Directed
by Christopher Venning
Narrator
Michael Johnson
Sol
Plaatje: John Matshikiza
Vere
Stent: Brian Carroll
Sir
Alfred Milner: Patrick Barr
Colonel
Baden-Powell: John Bott
English
Journalist: Cordon Dulieu
Canadian
negro: Hugh Quarshie
Repeated
from 11th January 1980
20th
June 1982
22.00-22.35
:
Tanka
by Severo Sarduy (1937-1993) translated by Barbara Thompson
Man
's greed is illustrated by the stealing of Tibetan treasure and an
attempt to steal a mystical experience through the ancient mushroom
ceremony in Mexico.
Both
experiences lead to delusion.
Directed
By: David Spenser
First
man: John Rowe
Second
man: John Bull
First
woman: Sheila Grant
Second
woman: Tammy Ustinov
Repeated
30th November 1982
24th
June 1982
19.30
:
Aurora
Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning dramatised for radio by
Michelene Wandor
This
verse novel. written in 1857 is the romantic story of a woman of
great wit and charm who has to resolve the conflict between her love
for her cousin and her passion for her work. yet reveals the author's
lifelong preoccupations with social and political issues.
Music
specially composed bv Jenny Sprince played by Anne Hooley and Alison
Townley
Directed
by Liane Aukin
Aurora:
Sara Kestelman
Romney
Leigh: John Shrapnel
Aunt:
Joan Matheson
Lady
Waldemar: Elizabeth Bell
Marian
Erie: Elizabeth Proud
Repeated
from 22nd March 1981
[Another
production directed by Sally Avens was on Radio 4 in 2003 as a 5 part
series]
27th
June 1982:
20.00
:
From
the Balcony by Patrice Chaplin jointly commissioned by the National
Theatre and the BBC
In
17th-century Portugal a young nun had a passionate love affair with a
French nobleman. When he deserted her and returned to France, she
wrote him five letters which became famous, even in her lifetime, as
examples of feminine passion. This play is based on her letters and
on Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time(1839).
Music
specially composed by John Tams
Music
arranged and played by Matthew Scott. Stage production by David Penn
Radio
production directed by Cherry Cookson
Mariana
Alcoforado: Morag Hood
Amand:
Leigh Lawson
Dona
Brites: Miranda Forbes
Repeated
28th November 1982
[Patrice
Chaplin is a pseudonym of Patrice Betaudier born 1940- Mariana was
born 1640]
[The
other half of the love affair was a soldier named Noel Bouton, aged
29, when Mariana was 25. The letters -originals now lost- were
published in French just four years afterwards. ]
[An
English version of the letters is online at the Internet Archive as "
The letters of a Portuguese nun"]
1st
July 1982
20.00
:
Wedding
Belles and Green Grasses by Marcella Evaristi
It's
not my wedding day - no pressure on me. Listen, it's going to be a
great day. With Peter and Rita and you - and Garry and me.'
Directed
by Tim Fywell and Marilyn Ireland
BBC
Scotland
Steph:
Sarah Collier
Jo:
Valerie Fyfer
Rita:
Janice Laurie
Peter:
With Tony Roper
Repeated
13th February 1983
4th
July 1982
20.00
:
The
Hoorigan by James Robson
The
play is apparently set in an amusement arcade with the full quota of
one-armed bandits, Pinball machines and ramshackle ghost train.
Slowly it becomes clear that this is unique amusement - an amusement
arcade with a big difference.
Directed
by Caroline Smith
BBC
Manchester
Archre:
George A Cooper
Bungatow:
Roy Barraclough
Halifax:
Meg Johnson
Youth/Third
child/Jack Russell: James Laurenson
Donkeyman/Mr
Cancer: Michael Tudor Barnes
Green/Mr
Syphilis: Roger Philips
First
child/Christine: Kay Adshead
Second
child/Teacher: Nigel Anthony
Repeated
from 21st June 1981
8th
July 1982
19.00
:
Dragon
by Don Haworth
An
allegorical story which turns the legend of St George and the Dragon
on its head.
Director
Richard Wortley
George,:
Robert Stephens
Thesaurus:
Alan Bennett
the
King: Cyril Shaps
the
Queen: Pauline Letts
Amalric:
David Timson
the
narrator Alcuin: Stephen Thorne
Toron:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Young
Alcuin: Jill Lidstone
Felice:
Jayn Rosamond
Geila:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Sybil:
Christine Absalom
Priest:
Alan Dudley
Parrot:
John McAndrew
Fippa:
Sonia Fraser
Kegln:
Alaric Cotter
Herald:
Alexander John
Balak:
Joe Dunlop
Kalor:
John Rye
Ernich:
Alan Dudley
Balin:
Michael Spice
Emlch:
John Hollis
PonS:
Haydn Wood
Grendal:
Stephen Garlic
Repeated
on Radio 4 on 23rd April 1983
10th
July 1982:
19.30
:
Little
Boxes by Derek Robinson
Repeated
from 10th April 1982
Please
see above
11th
July 1982:
20.10
:
La
lampe donne sur ses yeux (The Light is Shining in her Eyes) by Yves
Lebeau-Fabrice
The
Radio France entry for the 1981 Italia Prize. Broadcast in the
original French production.
The
spelling lessons a father gives his daughter focus emotional
conflicts with his estranged wife as the chtld uses her wiles to
reunite them.
Directed
for France Culture by Jeanne Rollin Weisz
Mother:
Daniele Lebrun
Father,:
Michel Lonsdale
Child:
Brigitte Morin
15th
July 1982:
19.30
:
Intensive
Care or An Endless Vegetable-Like Existence by Christoph Gahl
translated by Anthony Vivis
Lorenz,
a long-term cancer patient, struggles to die with dignity in the face
of ambitious doctors and selfish relatives.
Directed
by: Horst Vollmer
Lorenz:
Hugh Dickson
Hypnos:
John Rowe
Othilde:
Rosalind Adams
Fleurette:
Patience Tomlinson
Severin:
Stephen Thorne
Pavel:
Crawford Logan
Judge:
Alan Dudley
Father:
Ronald Herdman
Chaplain:
John Warner
In
its ARD production in German for Hessischer Rundfunk this play won
the 1981 Italia Prize for radio drama.
Repeated
5th December 1982
17 July 1982
Later
By David Pownall. In this monologue, the spirit of Sonia returns in a séance in 1937 Soviet Russia to talk to her family 16 years after she walked out of their lives. Sonia: Elizabeth Bell. Director: Alfred Bradley (BBC Manchester). (Repeated from 26 June 1981. Also on 1 April 1983)....entry added by Ian Johns.
18th
July 1982
18.10
:
Seeing
Mr Waddilow by Lesley Bruce
Mr
Waddilow from Financing Department receives a series of visits from
Miss Quennell in Duplicating when he lies paralysed, though sensible,
in hospital after a stroke. The visits are
meant
to be helpful, but they gradually prove otherwise.
Directed
by Ian Cotterell
Miss
Quennell: Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr
Waddilow: Alan Dudley
Repeated
from 16th July 1981
25th
July 1982
21.05
:
Nothing
to Declare by James Saunders
A
successful writer compiling material for a radio programme records
his thoughts and conversations on a tape recorder disguised as a pen.
The new toy bears witness to a disturbing encounter with Tim, the
son of the writer's common law wife, who stages a dramatic attempt to
move the world's conscience against nuclear war.
Directed
by Richard Wortley
Peter
Piper: Alfred Burke
Sophie:
Zena Walker
Birkett:
Edward de Souza
Tim:
Nigel Anthony
Hilliard:
David Gooderson
Secretary:
Rosalind Adams
Repeated
30th December 1982
29th
July 1982
21.35
:
Florent
and the Tuxedo Millions by Peter Redgrove.
Repeated
from 10th January 1982 - please see above.
1st
August 1982:
21.20-22.40
:
Falstaff
by Robert Nye, dramatised by David Buck.
Filling
out the fat Knight's tale with details not previously known.
Directed
by John Tydeman
Falstaff:
David Buck
Repeated
from 13th September 1981
[Falstaff
= Sir John Falstaff, aka Sir John Oldcastle. In 1969 John Tydeman
directed a Radio 4 play "The True Sir John" by Ian Rodger,
on the same subject, and also with David Buck, which was repeated
1971]
5th
August 1982
21.30
:
The
Singer by Frank Wedekind adapted by Peter Barnes
Written
in 1897 by one of the fathers of modern theatre, this comedy is a
ruthless attack on the sentimental humbug surrounding art.
An
adored Wagnerian tenor (a pop star with class) is battered by
rapacious art-lovers and would be artists as he tries with increasing
desperation to make them see he is as much a wage slave as any
factory worker and that even in the glamorous world of opera.
monetary values prevail over human and artistic ones.
Terence
Allbricht (piano)
Directed
by Ian Cotterell
Contributors
Gerardo:
Alec McCowen
Isabel:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Professor
Duhring: Peter Woodthorpe
Helen:
Dilys Laye
Valet:
John Rye
Hotel
manager: Alan Dudley
Page
boys: Stephen Garlick,
Page
boys: David Bradshawe
Repeated
from 15th November 1981
8th
August 1982
18.20
:
Who
Are You Anyway? by Tom McGrath
A
humorous exploration of personal identity recorded before an audience
in the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Directed
by Tom Kinninmont and Chris Parr
BBC
Scotland
One:
Gregor Fisher
Two:
Ron Bain
Three:
Shelley Lee
Repeated
from 18th June 1981
[Part
one of a trilogy- Linked plays by Tom McGrath "Very Important
Person" (no radio play) and "Moondog" (R3 - 19/12/82
and 22/9/83)]
12th
August 1982:
21.40
:
The
God of Destiny by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. translated by Jane
Brenton
Crossing
the desert on his way to the court of the King of XI. a philosopher
finds a skull in the sand. He asks the God of Destiny to bring the
dead man back to life. The god grants his request, but what happens
after that is not what the philosopher had bargained for.
Directed
by Anton Gill
the
Philosopher: Raymond Francis
the
God: Robert Flemyng
the
Dead Man: Bryan Pringle
the
Constable: John Bolt [or Bott]
Spirit
voices: Sonia Fraser, Jenny Lee. Eve Karpf
Repeated
from 21st September 1980
15th
August 1982
18.35
:
The
Seven by Gabriel Josipovici and Jonathan Harvey, from the translation
by Helen Bacon and Anthony Hecht of Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes
Chorus
leader Mary Morris chorus: Petra Davies, Kathryn Hurlbutt, Amanda
Murray, Rosalind Shanks. Singers: Rosemary Hardy. Linda Hirst
(Realised at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with the assistance of
Brian Hodgson )
Directed
By: John Theocharis.
Eteocles:
James Aubrey
the
Messenger: Norman Rodway
Repeated
14th December 1982
22 August 1982:
The Game’s a Bogey
By John McGrath with 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland). A riotous account of the life and politics of Glasgow radical socialist John MacLean (1979-1923) and the relevance of the “Red Clydesider” to contemporary Glasgow. (Original 7:84 Theatre Company production by John McGrath.) McWilliam/Guitarist: Alex Norton, John Maclean/ McChuckemup/McBungle: Bill Paterson, Ina: Terry Cavers, Geordie/Drummer: Billy Riddoch, Lavina/Doctor: John Bott, Lachle: Alan Ford. Music: Alex Norton, Dave Anderson and Terry Neason. Performed by Dave Anderson (keyboard), Terry Neason (singer), Neil Gammock (bass) and John Cunningham (fiddle). Technical presentation: Ken Stewart, Jock Farrell and Gordon Leishman. Director: Stewart Conn. (Repeat from 14 June 1981) ...entry added by Ian Johns.
26th
August 1982:
21.30
:
The
Ironclads (Classe de Ferro) by Aldo Nicolaj translated and adapted
for radio by Carlo Ardito
Repeated
from 28th February 1982 - please see above.
28th
August 1982
22.55
- 23.00 :
39
and Counting
1
of 6: Re-cycling by Colin McLaren
Producer
Louise Purslow
Charles:
Dinsdale Landen
Ann:
Hannah Gordon
Repeated
from 11th October 1981
[Colin
McLaren was the Archivist and Keeper of Manuscripts to the Special
Collections department at Aberdeen University
29th
August 1982
19.25
:
Walter
by C. P. Taylor[1929-1981]
I
didn't even know you were back in Scotland. Then seeing your picture
in the paper - about you taking this big house on Loch Lomond. It's a
mansion, Walter, isn't it? All them grounds ... Like a park. All to
yourself. And the Loch around you. Just what you always wanted, isn't
it, Walter? A dream come true. The life and times of a successful
entertainer with a sense of failure.
Music
arranged by Robert Pettigrew and Johnnie Phillips and played by
Robert Pettigrew (piano) Johnnie Phillips (rhythm guitar/soprano sax)
Stuart R. Smith (bass guitar) David Swanson (drums)
Technical
presentation by Tom Anderson and Ian Cowie
Directed
by Stewart Conn
Walter:
Peter Kelly
Doris:
Anne Kristen
Joyce:
Tammy Ustinov
Rickie:
Joseph Greig
Ian:
Peter Lincoln
Eric:
Benny Young
(first
broadcast on Radio Scotland)
Repeated
from Radio 3 2nd July 1981
Repeated
on Radio 3 on 27th September 1992
[The
84 page radio script is held at the University of Glasgow]
29th
August 1982
21.45-21.50
:
39
and Counting
2
of 6: On the Road to Damascus by Colin McLaren
Producer
Louise Purslow
Charles:
Dinsdale Landen
Ann:
Hannah Gordon
Commentator:
Michael Hordern
Repeated
from 14th October 1981
2nd
September 1982
21.40
:
The
Joking Habit by David Cregan (1931-2015)
This
is the story of a love affair that never had a chance. And the
reason for that. at any rate, was simple.
Directed
by John Tydeman
Clee
Philips, a social worker: Sheila Allen
George
Philips, her husband: Moray Watson
Francis
Hedley, her lover: Barry Foster
Monty,
her son: Anthony Hyde
Andy,
her son: Nigel Greaves
Miss
Harp, an investigator: Elizabeth Spriggs
A
BBC Correspondent: Geoffrey Beevers
Mrs
Armstrong: Sonia Fraser
Mr
Armstrong: Leonard Fenton
Sylvia,
their daughter: Diana Bishop
Another
daughter: Josie Kidd
With
Patrick Barr, John Church, Judy Franklin, Alexander John
Repeated
from 14th September 1980, 12th February 1981
Repeated
on Radio 4 on 13th April 1985
4th
September 1982
22.30-22.35
:
39
and Counting:
3
of 6: A Little Latin by Colin McLaren
Producer
Louise Purslow
Charles:
Dinsdale Landen
Ann:
Hannah Gordon
The
commentator: Michael Hordern
Repeated
from 18th October 1981
5th
September 1982
22.35-22.40
:
39
and Counting:
4
of 6: Food of love by Colin McLaren
Producer
Louise Purslow
Charles:
Dinsdale Landen
Ann:
Hannah Gordon
The
commentator: Michael Hordern
Repeated
from 21st October 1981
7th
September 1982:
19.00
:
The
Belman of London
Repeated
from 1st January 1982- please see above.
9th
September 1982
21.45
:
Having
a Ball by Alan Bleasdale
David
Ross as Lenny The play is set in a private clinic specialising In
cosmetic and social surgery. Four men are awaiting vasectomies. But
It takes in far more than just the men's reactions to the prospect of
surgery.
Directed
By: Caroline Smith
BBC
Manchester
Lenny:
David Ross
Nurse:
Jeffrey Longmore
Surgeon:
Judith Barker
Anaesthetist:
Ian Mercer
Malcolm:
Cliff Howells
Doreen:
Lesley E. Bennett
Ritchie:
Andrew Hay
Old
man: Ted Morris
Jean:
Lesley Nicol
Repeated
from 21st May 1981
[Having
a Ball was first performed at the Oldham Coliseum, with the same
company and directed by K. A. Taylor, as part of the BBC/Arts Council
scheme to commission new work for radio and the theatre.]
11th
September 1982
22.20-22.25:
39
and Counting:
5
of 6: 39 and Counting by Colin McLaren
Producer
Louise Purslow
Charles:
Dinsdale Landen
Ann:
Hannah Gordon
The
commentator: Michael Hordern
Repeated
from 25th October 1981
12th
September 1982
22.35-22.40:
39
and Counting:
6
of 6: Picture at an Exhibition by Colin McLaren
Producer
Louise Purslow
Charles:
Dinsdale Landen
Ann:
Hannah Gordon
The
commentator: Michael Hordern
Repeated
from 25th October 1981
16th
September 1982
19.00
:
Between
the Acts by Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) dramatised for radio by
Liane Aukin (1936-2016)
Miss
La Trobe, an eccentric local artist, conceives the ambitious idea of
portraying, with the help of people in the village, a history of
English literature and of making the audience see themselves as they
really are. But the year is 1939, and over everything hangs the
threatening shadow of a European war.
Songs
specially composed by John Bull
Special
sound effects by Brian Hodgson of the BBC Radinphonic Workshop
Directed
by David Spenser
Miss
La Trobe: Sarah Badel
Lucy
Swithin: Sylvia Coleridge
Bart
Oliver: Robert Lang
Giles
Oliver: Terrence Hardiman
Isa:
Gemma Jones
Mrs
Manressa: Moira Redmond
William
Dodge: Christopher Good
Mrs
Lyn Jones: Nan Munro
Mrs
Wintrop: Eva Stuart
Mrs
Springett: Peggy Paige
The
Rev Streatfield: Philip Voss
In
the pageant:
Old
crone/Lady Harpy Harraden: Sheila Grant
Sir
Speniel Lilyliver: Peter Baldwin
Queen
Elizabeth: Margot Boyd
Mrs
Hardcastle: Josie Kidd
Mr
Budge: John Bott
Eleanor/Carinthia:
Elizabeth Rider
Edgar/Ferdinand:
Philip Sully
Flavinda:
Sonia Fraser
Albert:
John Bull
Other
parts played by John Church, Lolly Cockerell, Graham Faulkner,
Godfrey Kenton, Gordon Reid, Elaine White
Repeated
from 5th October 1980
Repeated
5th January 1992
19th
September 1982:
18.30
:
Schweyk
in the Second World War by Bertolt Brecht translated by William
Rowlinson
with
The
good soldier Schweyk, after surviving the First World War, is still
alive. Our story shows his successful efforts to survive the Second
as well.
Music
by Hannah Eisier
Richard
Rodney Bennett and Susan Bradshaw (piano duet) with the BBC Scottish
Symphony, leader Geoffrey Trabicboff conducted by Lionel Friend
Music
coach Chris Walker
Adapted
for radio and directed by Clive Bennett and Ian Cotterell
Storyteller
John Hollis
Schweyk,
a dog dealer in Prague: Michael Williams
Mrs
Kopecka, landlady of the Chalice tavern: Dilys Laye
Baloun,
a fat photographer: Roger Hammond
Prochazka,
son of a butcher, Mrs Kopecka's admirer: John McAndrew
SS
man: Jim Reid
SS
man: Haydn Wood
Brettschneider,
a Gestapo agent: Hugh Dickson
Bullinger,
Lieutenant in the SS: Michael Spice
Customer
at the Chalice: James Kerry
Customer
at the Chalice: Jean Trend
Anna,
a servant girl: Wendy Murray
Kati
her friend: Rosalind Adams
Man
from Department of Voluntary Work: Brian Sanders
Czech
prisoners: Simon Hewitt, Steve Hodson, Alex Jennings, Stuart Organ,
Peter Tuddenham
Chaplain:
Anthony Newlands
Russian
peasant: Madi Bedd
Adolf
Hitler: Nigel Graham
Repeated
29th December 1983
20th
September 1982:
22.40-22.45
:
In
a Nutshell
1
of 6: An Instant Opinion written by Barry Pilton
Nowadays,
the key question in any political or philosophical movement is ' Can
we get It on a badge? '
Producer
Louise Purslow
Performed
by Leonard Rossiter
Repeated
from 7th February 1981
23rd
September 1982
19.30
:
A
Night to Make the Angels Weep by Peter Terson
When
Bernard Saxon, the owner of a medieval manor house situated In a
remote Worcestershire village, decides to invite Dig and Sin, 'two
mighty hunters' to both develop and protect his estate. he finds
himself unwittingly caught up In a humorously macabre situation which
will ultimately end in disaster.
Directed
by Martin Jenkins
Dezzel:
John Rowe
Herbo:
Danny Schiller
Bernard
Saxon: Peter Jeffrey
Vanessa
his daughter: Kathryn Hurlbutt
Clare,
his sister: Diana Bishop
Dig:
Anthony Jackson
Sin:
Spencer Banks
Repeated
from 29th October 1981
26 September 1982:
The Mighty Reservoy
By Peter Terson. In this 1964 play, Dron, who looks after a recently built reservoir near a Worcestershire village, believes an impending disaster will only be prevented if the reservoir is provided with a sacrificial offering. He shares his fears and secrets with Church, a relative newcomer to the village. Dron: Nigel Stock, Church: Gordon Reid. Director: Martin Jenkins. (Repeat from 5 November 1981)....entry added by Ian Johns.
30th
September 1982
20.05
:
Sacking
by Ian Weir
Imagine
a meeting between Attila the Hun and Alaric the Visigoth. Attila - en
route to sack Italy - has journeyed some considerable distance out of
his way with a larger travelling retinue than is strictly necessary
to visit his old friend Alaric. Alaric has difficulty in finding out
why, precisely, his old friend should wish to see him.
Christopher
Page (lyre)
Directed
By: Glyn Dearman
Alaric:
Michael Bryant
Attila:
Glyn Owen
Villagers
Christine Absalom, Spencer Banks, Nicholas Courtney, Jane Knowles,
Crawford Logan, Christopher Scott, Michael Spice, Theresa
Streatfeild, David Timson, Patience Tomlinson
Repeated
from 8th November 1981
3rd
October 1982:
20.00
:
Pericles,
Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare
To
sing a song that old was sung from ashes ancient Gower is come ...
Shakespeare
uses the poet Gower to relate the adventures, sufferings and
wanderings of the young Prince.
Pericles
is haunted by Fate, but there are reconciling forces that lie beyond
the apparent waywardness of Fortune.
Music
specially composed by Nick Bicat . Directed By: David Spenser
Pericles:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Marina:
Angharad Rees
Simonides:
Michael Aldridge
Gower:
David March
Dionyza:
Carole Boyd
Thaisa:
Sheila Grant
Lysimachus:
Robert Morris
Anthiochus:
Nicholas Courtney
Helicanus:
Richard Hurndall
Cleon:
Manning Wilson
Bawd:
Eva Stuart
Boult:
Stephen Thorne
Pandar:
Jonathan Scott
Thaliard:
Christopher Scott
Goddess
Diana: Jane Knowles
Lychorida:
Polly March
Fishermen.:
Peter Baldwinz, John Livesey, Haydn Wood
Leonine:
John Webb
Servant:
John McAndrew
Philemon:
Spencer Banks
Pirate:
Mark Eldridge
Repeated
from 8th October 1981
[One
source for this play was "Confessio Amantis", book 8, by
14th C poet John Gower]
[obscure-
A Pandar is a male Bawd...]
[Original
ms of this play not yet found- a newer reconstruction was issued by
Oxford in 1986.]
7th
October 1982
19.25
:
A
Small Apocalypse by Tadeusz Konwicki (1926-2015) adapted for radio
and translated by Janina David
Unable
to put pen to paper, a Polish writer living in Warsaw has tried
unsuccessfully to end his life. Suddenly a far more drastic solution
presents itself.
Directed
By: Martin Jenkins
Writer:
Alfred Burke
Hubert:
Maurice Denham
Edward:
Jim Norton
Richard:
Keith Drinkel
Tadzio:
Nigel Anthony
Nadiehzda
Karen Archer
Interrogator:
Anthony Jackson
First
militiaman/TV commentator/Voice on screen: Nigel Graham
Caban/Robber:
Stuart Organ
Kolka:
Leonard Fenton
Halina:
Theresa Streatfeild
Usher/Mark:
Alex Jennings
Cinema
manager/Doctor: James Kerry
Kobialka/John:
Manning Wilson
Bulat:
Hugh Dickson
Hans-Jurgen
Gonsiorek: Crawford Logan
Mrs
Gosla/Second woman: Madi Hedd
Sacher/Doctor:
Godfrey Kenton
Walter/Postman:
Jim Reid
Chef
/American: Roger Hammond
First
woman: Jean Trend
Third
woman: Gillian Rhind
Repeated
13th March 1983
[The
novel (1979) was called A Minor Apocalypse and referred to the 1968
death of Ryszard Siwiec.]
10th
October 1982
21.10-23.15
:
Flos
play for radio by David Pownall
To
celebrate the 60th anniversary of the BBC.
In
1216 King John Is dying, his kingdom fraught with war and Intrigue.
In Carlisle the confrontation between a Master Mason and a wily prior
epitomises power struggles within church and state.
Music
composed and directed by Stephen Boxer
Michael
Chance, Ashley Stafford (altos), Philip Salmon ,John Potter
(tenors), Richard Wistreich, Simon Grant (basses)
Boy
soloists Piers McLeish and Steven Harrold
Alastair
McLachlan (medieval fiddle)
David
Corkhill (percussion and bells) Jeremy Barlow (recorder, whistle,
portative organ)
Bob
White (bagpipes, shawm)
Fiona
Hibbert (Celtic harp)
Technical
presentation by David Hitchinson and Diana Barkham
Directed
by Ronald Mason
Prior
Alec: Michael Williams
St
Thomas: Robert Eddison
Turstin:
Mike Gwilym
King
John: Peter Vaughan
Carlisle
Lil: Anne Jameson
Alice:
Frances Jeater
Abbot:
Crawford Logan
Robin
Hood: James Kerry
King
Alexander of Scotland: Henry Stamper
Felix,
the fallen priest: Stephen Boxer
Sea
captain: Jim Reid
Alnoth:
Anthony Newland
Perse:
Nigel Graham
First
boy: Elizabeth Lindsay
Hammerhead
child: Jill Lidstone
Repeated
20th January 1983
12th
October 1982:
19.00-19.30
:
Via
Dieppe-Newhaven by Henry Miller, adapted by Anthony Schooling
In
1935 the American novelist Henry Miller left his home in Paris for a
brief trip to England so that he could hear English spoken again.
But following an interview with immigration officials at Newhaven,
the trip turned out to be rather shorter than he had hoped.
Directed
By: Jeremy Mortimer
Henry
Miller: Lou Hirsch
First
official: David Gooderson
Second
official/French Official: Crawford Logan
Constable:
Stuart Organ
14th
October 1982
19.00-21.30:
Faust
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe adapted by Anthony Vivis from the
abridged translation by Lovis
MacNeice
and E. L. Stahl
(Part
1)
Repeated
from 21st March 1982 18.30-21.00 - please see above.
17th
October 1982
18.30:
Watching
the Plays Together by Rhys Adrian
Every
evening Rosemary and Gerald sit down In front of their television set
and watch the plays together. Sometimes she leaves the room to make
tea or phone her mother, sometimes he reads the paper. Every evening
they talk to each other as successive teleplays unfold upon the
screen. Occasionally they recognise similarities between the screen
fiction and people they know. There comes a point when fact and
fiction become confused.
Directed
By: John Tydeman
Rosemary:
Rosemary Leach
Gerald:
James Grout
The
actors in the plays within the play are played by Frances Jeater and
Ronald Herdman
Repeated
18th August 1983, also on Radio 4 on 22nd September 1984.
[
A Giles Cooper Award Winner 1983 ]
19th
October 1982
19.20-20.00
:
Kisch-Kisch
by Alun Owen
Two
brothers meet again after the funeral of David's wife. It becomes an
evening of confession and expiation.
Directed
by John Tydeman
David:
Geoffrey Palmer
John:
Charles Kay
Repeated
31st July 1983
21st
October 1982:
19.00-22.45
(including a 15 minute interval):
Faust
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, adapted by Anthony Vivis from the
translation by Louis
MacNeice
and E. L. Stahl
Part
2
Repeated
from 28th March 1982. Please see above.
24th
October 1982
19.15
:
The
Flower Case by James Saunders
Purkiss
is a seedy Inquiry Agent, and taking on the case of Mr Flower adds
to his natural state of suspicious confusion.
Directed
by Richard Wortley
Purkiss:
John Le Mesurler
Mr
Flower: Robert Lang
Mrs
Flower: Gwen Watford
Wllburt:
Derek Fowlds
Gita:
Rosalind Adams
Repeated
17th March 1983, also on Radio 4 on 10th October 1983 and 22nd June
1985
26th
October 1982:
19.00
:
Goddy
Haemel's Adventure Holiday [Goddy Haemels Abenteuerreise] by Adolf
Muschg, Translated By: Peter Tegel
Seven
German tourists go on holiday to New Guinea. It Is the monsoon, one
of them is suffering from malaria and because of the rains no plane
can land to rescue them....
Directed
by Hans Hausmann
Radio
DRS - Studio Basel
Newsreader:
Spencer Banks
Olaf:
Stephen Thorne
Axel:
Steve Hodson
Gerda:
Fauline Letts
Kaspar:
John Livesey
Oskar:
John Wabner
Peter:
David McAlister
Elfie:
Rosalind Adams
Erich:
Hugh Dickson
Jack:
Alan Dudley
Reporter:
Crawford Logan
28th
October 1982
19.00
:
Best
Friends by Olwen Wymark (1932-2013)
Baba
has a difficult teenage daughter, a quixotic husband, a dotty old
father (or is he?) and a best friend in whom she confides her
attempts to write. As Nelly reads her latest play, their lives are
also conjured up by the fictional characters in Baba's play.
Directed
by Richard Wortley
Baba/Annie:
Ruth Goring
Joe/Eli:
Christopher Hancock
Nelly:
Ann Windsor
Raymond:
Dominic Letts
Stanley:
Noel Howlett
Ginger:
Madeline Church
Repeated
from 30th April 1981.
31st
October 1982
19.00-20.10
:
Ill
Seen, Ill Said by Samuel Beckett
A
monologue for radio
By
recalling the last months of the life of an old lady encased in a
frail body, we come to have a perception of the end of life and the
meaning of what has come and gone to bring us to this point. There
emerges a fear that all our perception is ill-seen and ill-expressed.
Directed
By: Ronald Mason
with
Patrick Magee
Repeated
20th March 1983
2nd
November 1982:
19.00
:
Autumn
Sunshine by William Trevor
The
death of Canon Moran wife is obviously a terrible loss to him,
although the old man's sadness is alleviated a little by the
unexpected return of his favourite daughter. Deirdre. Unfortunately
Deirdre's friend Harold, with his morbid fascination for violence, is
less of a blessing.
Philip
Hammond (piano)
Technical
presentation by Colm Flanagan
Directed
by Robert Cooper
BBC
Northern Ireland
Canon
Moran: John Welsh
Deirdre:
Deirdre Donnelly
Harold:
Tony McEwan
Una:
Susie Kelly
Carley:
Kevin Flood
Emma:
Roisin Donaghy
Thomas:
Mark Mulholland
Linda:
Stella McCusker
John:
John Hewitt
Slattery:
Ian McElhinney
Publican:
Catherine Gibson
Mrs
Roche: Margaret D'Arcy
Newscaster:
Paddy Scully
Repeated
26th May 1983, also on Radio 4 on 25th January 1986
7th
November 1982:
18.55
:
A
Dream of Beltane by Robert Forrest
A
story of 16th-century Scotland
Alison
is a tinker lass who enjoys telling stories and making love; but when
she practises both arts on the king she is accused of witchcraft.
Director
Tom Kinninmont
BBC
Scotland
Alison
Aird: Maureen Carr
Tam
Fisher: Ron Bain
James
Stewart, King of Scotland: Benny Young
Sir
James Hamilton of Kincavel: Alec Heggie
Brother
Matthew: Michael Elder
Rab
Cowan: Jimmy Yuill
Davy
Nicol: Charles Kearney
Ellie
Duncan: Monica Brady
Alec
Sutton: Gerard Slevin
Repeated
from 20th December 1981
9th
November 1982
19.00
:
Portions
Mechanically Reproduced by Carol Adorjan
Roberta
and Ernest are obsessed with tape recorders and video equipment. So
much so that the outside world has lost its reality. Their lives are
filled with games and illusions.
Directed
by Peter King
Roberta:
Margaret Tyzack
Ernest:
Gary Waldhorn
Repeated
8th September 1983
11th
November 1982
19.30
:
Diana's
Uncle and Other Relatives by David Cregan (1931-2015)
From
the middle 1950s up to the present day, Diana has been trying to
'find herself' by finding a purpose and mission in life. It has not
been easy, and she has adopted many disparate causes in one way and
another.
Director:
John Tydeman
Diana:
Anna Massey
Uncle
Saul: Bernard Hepton
Annie,
her friend: Sheila Grant
Miss
Twentyman, her teacher: Sylvia Coleridge
Her
father: Michael Spice
Her
mother: Mary Wimbush
Martin,
her sometime husband: Bruce Alexander
A
Kampuchean leader: Burt Kwouk
Other
parts played by: Rosalind Adams, Nigel Graham, Alex Jennings, James
Kerry, Stuart Organ, Jim Reid, Patience Tomlinson
Repeated
8th May 1983
14th
November 1982:
19.10
:
Return
from Paradise: Fudaraku-no-Kishibe by Kiyokazu Yamamoto translated
from the Japanese by John Bester
This
play, set in 16th century Japan, deals with a clash of Christian and
Buddhist ideas about the voyage to Fudaraku (paradise) - in western
eyes a type of ritual suicide.
The
play won the RAI prize at the 1981 Prix Italia in its Japanese
production by NHK. This English production uses the original music
and sound effects tapes.
With
Nigel Graham and members of the Gekidan Subaru
Music
by Seiichiro Uno
Directed
by Ian Cotterell
Fr
Joao Alimeida: Hugh Dickson
Tozen,
the Holy Voyager: Steve Hodson
Haru,
a bikuni: Jill Lidstone
Chief
supervisor: John Bott
Official
Senshiro Harada: Anthony Newlands
Old
women.: Margot Boyd
Old
women : Peggy Paige
Old
women.: Katherine Parr
Old
women.: Gladys Spencer
Repeated
on Radio 4 on 20th April 1985.
[A
bikuni or bhikkuni is a female bhikkhu- think fully ordained female
buddhist monastic].
[Gekidan
means Theatre Company. Subaru is a persons name, with a possible
meaning of "group" or "united"]
18th
November 1982:
19.30-21.20
:
The
Dutch Curtezan by John Marston (1576-1634), adapted for radio by
Peter Barnes
The
difference betwixt the love of a Curtezan. and a wife, is the full
scope of the Play, which intermixed with the deceits of a wittie
Citie Jester, fils up the Comedie.
Music
by Stephen Deutsch
Melissa
Phelps (cello); Thomas Martin(double-bass); Maxim Rolands (piano);
John Leach (cimbalom); Ann Cherry (flute); Malcolm Messiter (oboe,
cor anglais); David Campbell (clarinet, bass clarinet)
Conducted
by Stephen Deutsch
Directed
by Ian Cotterell
Young
Freevill , Sir Lionell's son: Martin Jarvis
Sir
Hubert Subboys. an old knight: John Livesey
Francischina,
a Dutch curtezan: Dilys Laye
Malheureux,
young Freevill's unhappie friend: Clive Francis
Beatrice,
Sir Hubert's daughter .: Tina Marian
Crispinella,
Sir Hubert's daughter..: Elizabeth Proud
Cocledemoy,
a knavishly witty city companion: Alan Rickman
Maister
Mulligrub a vintner: Roy Kinnear
Caqueteur,
a pratling gull: John Warner
Tysefew,
a blunt gallant: Michael Spice
Mary
Faugh, an old woman ..: Kathleen Helme
Holifernes
Rains-Cure, a barber's boy: Spencer Banks
Mistresse
Mulligrub, Mulligrub's wife: Ann Beach
Putifer,
the nurse: Peggy Paige
Lionell,
his man: Stuart Organ
Maister
Burnish, a gold-smith and Sir Lionell Freevill, an old knight :
Ronald Herdman
Repeated
19th June 1983
[This
play received a staging in York in 2013, when it ran for almost 2 and
a half hours]
21st
November 1982:
21.25
:
Down
Among the Umalogas or Raymond's Dream by Steve May
Repeated
from 9th May 1982- please see above.
23rd
November 1982:
21.45-22.10:
Murdo
by Iain Crichton Smith
A
failed bank clerk sifts in his imagination through the small tragedy
of his life.
Directed
by Patrick Rayner
BBC
Scotland
Murdo:
Tom Watson
Other
parts played by Eileen Mccallum. Sheila Latimer , Ian Stewart and
John Shedden
25th
November 1982
19.00-21.30
(incl 10 minute interval) :
Dominion
Over Palm and Pine by John Spurling
Part
1 of an epic play The British Empire
The
British Empire has no single hero, but a succession of semi-heroes,
semi-villains, whose intentions and actions echo and contrast with
one another through half-a-century and 59 scenes. Courage and
treachery, efficiency and ineptitude, philanthropy and inhumanity are
its themes. These people lived and these things happened between 1820
and 1885; they are part of a symphonic drama and not a documentary.
Technical
team David Greenwood , David Chilton and Vanessa Ellner
Directed
by Richard Wortley
Dr
Brydon: Geoffrey Beevers
Letty
Landon: Marly Cruickshank
Burton:
John Turner
George:
John Hollis
Nana
Sahib: Zia Mohyeddin
Captain
Maclean: Bill Paterson
Dr
Brydon: Augustus Robinson
Isabel
Burton: Thelma Whiteley
Forty-Five
other historical characters played by Spencer Banks, Sean Barrett,
David Brierly, Alan Dudley, Joe Dunlop, Miranda Forbes, Minoo
Golvala, David Gooderson, Ronald Herdman, Steve Hodson, Alex
Jennings, James Kerry, Crawford Logan, Louis Mahoney, Albert Moses,
Anthony Newlands, Lionel Ngakne, George Parsons, Gordon Reid, Renu
Setna, Maihdav Sharma, Michael Spice, Patience Tomlinson, Peter
Tuddenham, Phillip Voss, Manning Wilson
(Part
2 on 2 December)
Repeated
27th March 1983
28th
November 1982:
21.30:
From
the Balcony by Patrice Chaplin
Repeated
from 27th June 1982- please see above:
30th
November 1982:
19.00
:
Tanka
by Severo Sarduy translated by Barbara Thompson
Repeated
from 20th June 1982 - please see above.
2nd
December 1982:
20.00:
The
British Empire by John Spurling
Part
2 of 3: The Christian Hero
Technical
team: Carol McShane, David Chilton and Bert Coules
Directed
by Richard Wortley
Burton:
John Turner
General
Wolseley: David Buck
Isabel
Burton: Thelma Whitely
General
Gordon: John Rowe
Jordan:
Norman Beaton
Gladstone:
David March
Also
with Ronald Herdman, Anthony Newlands, Peter Baldwin, Stephen Thorne,
Jim Reid, James Kerry, Charles Hodgson, Garrick Hagan,
Steve
Hodson, Simon Hewitt Peter Tuddenham, Stuart Organ, Theresa
Streatfeild, Geoffrey Kissoon, Anton Phillips, Frank Singuineau,
Norman Beaton, Hugh Dickson, Joe Dunlop and Miranda Forbes
Repeated
on 31st March 1983
3rd
December 1982
19.05-19.35
:
The
Stone Guest (1830) by Alexander Pushkin in a new translation by
Antony Wood
Producer:
Piers Plowright
Don
Juan: Gawn Grainger
Leporello:
Peter Baldwin
Donna
Anna: Frances Jeater
Laura:
Janet Maw
Priest:
Nigel Graham
Don
Carlos: Crawford Logan
Guests:
Madi Hedd
Guests:
James Kerry
Guests:
Simon Hewitt
Comendado:
Peter Tuddenham
Singer:
Glenda Simpson
Guitarist:
Barry Mason
Repeated
28th May 1984
[This
work is based on an older Spanish legend, much adopted- Don Juan,
the earliest known version of Don Juan is 1630, the first English
translation 1676. Pushkin wrote his version after seeing the Mozart
opera and in turn Pushkin's work was later made into an opera...and
much later an operetta...]
5th
December 1982:
18.50
:
Intensive
Care or An Endless Vegetable-Like Existence by Christoph Gahl
translated by Anthony Vivis
Repeated
from 15th July 1982- please see above.
7th
December 1982:
19.00
:
Fishfall
on 47th Street by Ruth Brandon
Charles
Fort couldn't get the Book of the Damned published because it
contained no love interest.
Theodore
Dreiser 's novel The Genius was banned because of lewdness. Taking
their long correspondence as her starting point, Ruth Brandon has
written a fictional account of how the two writers planned authorial
revenge on the New York Societyfor the Suppression of Vice and
sceptics everywhere.
Directed
by Clare Taylor
Charles
Fort: Lou Hirsch
Theodore
Dreiser: Ed Bishop
Anna
Fort: Frances Jeater
Jones:
Nigel Graham
Mrs
Konopke: Miranda Forbes
Ellen:
Theresa Streatfeild
Mona:
Wendy Murray
Reporter:
Crawford Logan
Repeated
on 14th August 1983
9th
December 1982
20.00
:
The
Dog it was That Died by Tom Stoppard
Rupert
Purvis is a spy. He is also a counter-spy and even a
counter-counter-spy. When, confused as to who his real masters are
and why, he cracks and writes a suicide note making wild allegations
about his colleagues and superiors, there has to be an investigation.
Directed
by John Tydeman
Giles
Blair: Charles Gray
Rupert
Purvis: Dinsdale Landen
Pamela
Blair: Penelope Keith
Hogben:
Kenneth Cranham
Seddon:
John Le Mesurier
Arlon:
Stephen Murray
Matron:
Betty Marsden
the
Chief: Maurice Denham
the
Vicar: Noel Howlett
Wren:
Lockwood West
Slack:
Peter Tuddenham
Mrs
Ryan: Katherine Parr
Repeated
15th May 1983, also on Radio 4 on 14th August 1983, and 12th August
1990.
Also
broadcast on the BBC World Service September 1993. Also on BBC7 June
2003.
[Giles
Cooper Award winner 1983]
[Not
to be confused with the play by H R F Keating, set in Dublin, which
was also produced by John Tydeman, broadcast in 1971. Both were
inspired by a poem by Oliver Goldsmith.]
12th
December 1982
19.00
:
Travellers
by William Trevor
Mrs
Daveridge cannot sleep. troubled by memories and by doubts. Perhaps
she should have cancelled the Venice holiday, after her husband's
death. Now she travels with her son.
Slowly,
uncertainly. one thought leads to another. and a horrifying image
takes shape in Mrs Daveridge 's mind.
Directed
by Michael Heffernan
Mrs
Daveridge: Avril Elgar
Gerard:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Signora
Lotti: Gigi Gatti
Police
Insp: Stephen Thorne
Ex-gondolier:
Robert Rietty
Mrs
Eames: Madi Hedd
a
boy Gerard: Milo Twomey
Guide:
Alexandra Mathie
Yo-yo
seller: Jim Reid
Army
chaplain: James Kelly
Doctor:
Alex Jennings
Tourist:
Frances Jeater
Repeated
19th May 1983
16th
December 1982
20.00
:
Out
in the Cold A play by Susan Hill
When
an elderly French woman who is dying leaves hospital in the dead of
winter and summons her daughter Cecile whom she has not seen for 11
years, is Cecile's compulsion to return to her mother inspired by
guilt - or is there some other motive.
Directed
by Richard Wortley
Edith:
Pauline Letts
Cecile:
Fiona Walker
Alec:
Peter Howell
First
ambulance man: Steve Hodson
Second
ambulance man: Stephen Thorne
a
child Cecile: Jill Lidstone,
Old
woman: Katherine Parr
Repeated
on 16th October 1983
19th
December 1982:
18.30
:
Moondog
by Tom McGrath (1940-2009)
The
third of McGrath's brilliant trilogy 1-2-3 written for Radio/Theatre
81. Moondog is a tragi-comic account of one man's attempt to opt out
of his society and his society's attempt to ensure that he cannot do
so.
Directed
by Tom Kinninmont
BBC
Scotland
Jack:
Ron Bain
Joe:
Gregor Fisher
Peggy:
Shelley Lee
Repeated
22nd September 1983
[The
three parts of the trilogy were: Who are you anyway (R3, 8/8/1982 and
18/6/1981), Very Important Person (no radio play), and Moondog]
23rd
December 1982
19.45
:
Summer
by Edward Bond
Marthe
lives in a cliff-top house on the Yugoslavian coast. Once the house
was Xenias and Marthe was her servant. Xenia visits her and the two
of them are forced to reconsider the life they once shared....
Directed
By: Edward Bond
Executive
producer: Anthony Vivis
A
National Theatre production
Marthe:
Yvonne Bryceland
Ann:
Eleanor David
David:
David Yelland
German:
David Ryall
Drunk:
Robert Oats
Other
parts played by Jill Lidstone, Crawford Logan, Wendy Murray,
Patience Tomlinson
Repeated
10th July 1983
26th
December 1982:
20.00
:
Journey
to Jura by James Robson
Throughout
their unhappy childhood, Michael and Janey clung to the belief that
the Island of Jura somehow contained the mystical solution to their
problems. Now 20 years later, they are on the island....
Directed
by Caroline Smith
BBC
Manchester
Michael:
Jonathan Newth
Janey:
Sue Jenkins
Teacher/Jean:
Maggie McCarthy
a
boy Michael: Susan Sheridan
Tarbet:
Jack Carr
Henry/Vet:
Russell Dixon
Repeated
28th April 1983
30th
December 1982
19.45
:
Nothing
to Declare by James Saunders
Repeated
from 25th July 1982 - please see above.
===end===
Many thanks to Stephen Shaw for compiling the entries.