Neglected Classics: Nightingale Wood

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Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood: Episode 1

Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood, Episode 1

Hearts beat and minds scheme. The dowdy Withers compete with the glittering Springs.

Hearts beat and minds scheme. The dowdy Withers compete with the glittering Springs. Comedy of manners. Stars Victoria Hamilton.

On either side of Nightingale Wood through one idyllic year in the late 1930s, hearts beat and minds scheme, as the dowdy Wither family tries to compete with the glittering Springs. 

Bookish Tina Wither is in love with Saxon, her father's handsome and aloof chauffeur. 

Her shop girl sister-in-law, Viola, has fallen for Victor Spring, the lord of the manor. And Madge is in love with a dog... 

Stella Gibbons’ sparkling comedy of manners.

Starring Victoria Hamilton and Francine Chamberlain.  

Dramatised in two-parts by Christopher William Hill.  

Tina    ......    Victoria Hamilton 
Mother/Nellie    ......    Dinah Stabb
Viola    ......    Francine Chamberlain
Victor    ......    Simon Bubb
Father/Falger    ......    Paul Moriarty 
Edna/Fawcuss    ......    Adjoh Andoh
Saxon/Bill    ......    Adam Billington 
Madge    ......    Victoria Inez Hardy 
Hetty    ......    Alex Rivers
Phyllis/Lint    ......    Joan Walker 
Spurrey/Phillips    ......    Ian Masters 
Cattyman/Mrs Phillips    ......    Judith Coke 

Director:  Marion Nancarrow  

First broadcast in the ‘Neglected Classics’ season on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

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