Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,803 playable programmes from the BBC

A Comedy in Four Acts by Bernard Parry.
Adapted for the Microphone and Produced by Gordon McConnel.

Act I. A lawn in the garden at Willmore's house at Walton-on-Thames. On the right a wing of the house, overgrown with ivy and creepers, with a door leading from the house into the garden. On the left a shrubbery in which there is an opening leading to other parts of the grounds. Beneath an apple-tree in full bloom there are two wicker chairs. On the lawn a golf hole with a flag in it shows that Willmore is an enthusiast, and on his first appearance he is dressed for golf, carries a putter in his hand, and is smoking an expensive cigar. He is a heavy, stolid man of about 40, dull but honest, pleasant but unintellectual-looking.
Mary, his wife, is a very pretty woman of about twenty-seven.
Ida, her friend, is a handsome, smartly-dressed woman of about thirty, with a keen sense of humour.
Ashby is about Willmore's age, with a strong personality, very human, but given to masking large sympathies under an air of levity.
Just after breakfast on a lovely May morning, Mary comes into the garden, reading a letter which seems to annoy her intensely. She places it in her bag as Willmore joins her and the play begins.
Act II. Six weeks have elapsed.
Act III. A fine morning in the following July.
Act IV. Five months have elapsed.

Incidental Music by The Station Trio
Joyous Youth, Suite No. 1 ........ Eric Coates
Serenade ......................... Schubert
Extract from 'Madame Roland' ... Fourdrain

Contributors

Author:
Bernard Parry
Adapted by/Producer:
Gordon McConnel
Musicians:
The Station Trio

5WA Cardiff

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More