Miss Margaret Radcliffe
relayed from the Carlton Restaurant.
The Station Trio: Frank Thomas (Violin); Frank Whitnall (Violoncello); Hubert Pengelly (Pianoforte)
A Comedy in One Act by Matthew Boulton.
Played by the Cotswold Players
The living room of Bill Gosling's tenement London, S.E., is bare and sparsely furnished, but clean and neat. Bill is lolling in a Windsor armchair by the fireplace, his feet, encased only in grey lambswool socks, are on the only sound chair in the room. On the floor at his side is a large jug of beer. He is contentedly puffing his short clay pipe, when Mrs. De Vere Ponsonby, a tall, haughty, elaborately dressed woman of about forty-five, knocks at the door.
Trio
Gavotte Louis XIII
A Duologue by F. Morton Howard.
Played by the Cotswold Players
Scene: Between the front door and the hat-stand. Time: 2.5 a.m.
He has just returned home. Conscious of the hour, he closes the front door very, very softly. But She has been sitting up to catch him at the earliest moment, and now, in dressing-gown and boudoir cap, She is watching from the foot of the stairs. He turns from the front door and gives a little gasp of surprise and dismay at seeing her. He ventures a conciliatory smile, but her expression continues ominous. Then she launches her attack.
(9.15 Local Announcements)
The Station Orchestra, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Love today is a syncopated version of that of fifty years ago, and as the dance plays a large part in the modern young man's 'fancy,' the obvious finale to this evening's programme is a little Dance Music.
(to 23.00)
