The Linden Tree

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JB Priestley - The Linden Tree

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Britain, 1947: Professor Robert Linden’s refusal to retire sparks a family crisis.

Austerity Britain, 1947: University professor Robert Linden’s refusal to retire sparks a family crisis. Stars Geoffrey Banks. 

Britain, 1947: Rationing and austerity seem to have fostered opportunism, escapism and confrontation within the Linden family. 

Professor Linden wants only to continue teaching in a world that no longer seems to share his quiet ideals. 

His family urge him to retire from the fight, but the Professor is not so easily deterred... 

JB Priestley’s stage play made its debut in 1947. 

Dramatised for radio by Mollie Greenhalgh.

Professor Linden .... Geoffrey Banks
Isabel .... Kathleen Helme
Rex Linden .... Christopher Godwin
Dr Jean Linden .... Carole Hayman
Marion de Saint Vaury .... Joanna Wake
Dinah Linden .... Penelope Reynolds
Alfred Lockhart .... David Mahlowe
Edith Westmore .... Sally Gibson
Bernard Fawcett .... Christian Rodska
Mrs Cotton .... Shirley Dixon

Cellist: Rosalind Gonley

Directed at BBC Manchester by Kay Patrick.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1977.

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