(' Robin Hood and his Merry Men ') by Franklyn Kelsey
The production by Howard Rose
The host of listeners who for years have been asking for some of the excellent plays given in the London Children's Hour to be broadcast in the adult programmes will welcome the decision of Howard Rose to lead the way. Listeners on the National wavelength as well as in the Empire will be able to hear how good some of these plays can be.
Franklyn Kelsey’s serial plays,
Southward Ho !, Shield of Malkus, The Island in the Mist, Children in the Sun, and Robin Hood , have been among the London Children's Hour's most, popular features. The Robin Hood serial, consisting of twelve plays, was begun in 1930 and has been revived again and again ever since. It is hoped that Franklyn Kelsey will be available to broadcast in the part he created and has always played-Robin Hood-and that Ralph Truman will be available to broadcast as the wicked Bishop of Hereford-a part in which he made such a big success.
London Children's Hour fans will be interested to know that Howard Rose is thinking of producing some of the plays in du Garde Peach's popular series ' Castles of England
(Empire. Programme)