by John Osborne
[Starring] Donald Wolfit as Archie Rice
with Avis Bunnage, Jane Wenham, George Merritt
'The music-hall is dying, and with it, a significant part of England. Some of the heart of England has gone; something that once belonged to everyone, for this was truly a folk art.'
The play adapted for broadcasting by Bennett Maxwell
(Broadcast on June 8, 1964)
See page 36
This is the second of three plays which the BBC is repeating as a tribute to the late Sir Donald Wolfit. The last play, A New Way To Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger, can be heard next Sunday.