: Fairy by GLADYS COLBOURNE. Songs by HABOLD CASEY (Baritone). A Children's Play

Written for Broadcasting by IDA M. DOWNING Played by THEBIRMINGHAM STATION PLAYERS
Characters :
Polly (a Parrot)
Dream Character :
John Nicholson Lorna (his Wife)
Phil Dawson (Schoolboy Friend of John's—later
his Best Man)
John's Father
Indian Nurse, Hospital Nurse, 1st and 2nd
Officers
YOU are asked to visualize a loggia leading from the lounge of a large mansion overlooking the Thames Valley ; the lights in the rooms shine redly into the night ; a nightingale is singing intermittently in the distance. The master of the house, Col. John Nicholson , a retired Indian Officer, is talking confidentially of the present and the pest to his butler. Bernes, a very old and valued servant. His grand-daughter. Margaret, is the comfort of a life left lonely through the early death of his wife and daughter.
Laughter and occasional music mingle with the sound of the river. After a time the Colonel falls asleep tore-live in dreams some of.his happiest— end saddest— memories.
Interpolated Songs by ISABEL TEBBS (Soprano).
NORAR TARRANT (Contralto). STANLEY FINCHETT (Tenor), HAROLD HOWES (Baritone)