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The Colonel's Been Murdered at Last

on BBC Home Service Basic

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A crazy comedy by H. R. Jeans
Cast
Newspapermen, club members, etc: Edgar Norfolk, Ralph Truman, Malcolm Graeme, Laidman Browne, Philip Cunningham
Production by John Cheatle

Every club has its bore, but surely no club had a bore more stupendously devastatingly dull than Col. Wyndham Baggerley-Chattens, who told stories of such tedium and length that his fellow members despaired of what to do with him.
There are many ways of dealing with bores, and one is to suck them dry taking such interest in their stories that they themselves are bored. This is tried with disastrous results, which in themselves lead to the Colonel's being found with an elephant tusk thrust down his throat, an assegai run through his chest, a dagger in his back, a silk scarf round his throat, and a wound on the forehead from a piece of whale-bone. Nevertheless, the play is light-hearted enough, and the Colonel conscientiously boring to the end.

Contributors

Comedy By:
H. R. Jeans
Unknown:
Edgar Norfolk
Unknown:
Ralph Truman
Unknown:
Malcolm Graeme
Unknown:
Laidman Browne
Unknown:
Philip Cunningham
Production By:
John Cheatle
Pressing, the Colonel's valet:
Harold Scott
Detective-Inspector Midget, of Scotland Yard:
Philip Wade
Molly, a newspaper reporter:
Betty Astell
Charles Crumbling, an aged club member:
Bryan Powley
Vincent Daubney, an artist:
Valentine Dyall
Br William Wimpole:
Geoffrey Wincott

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