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A play for the microphone by Edwin Lewis
Produced by Edward Wilkinson
The action of the play takes place in Tom Eldon 's flat, in Sam Wharton 's flat, and on the doorstep of Paradise Buildings. The River Tyne flows behind the tenement, and frequently a siren reminds the people of Paradise Buildings that the great adventure of shipping still goes on in the world, but both the glory of the river and the brightness of the tenement have departed, leaving grimness and dirt.
This play was first produced in the Northern programme in March, 1936.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edwin Lewis
Produced By:
Edward Wilkinson
Unknown:
Tom Eldon
Unknown:
Sam Wharton
Tom Eldon, a shipyard riveter:
John Strachan
Alan, his son:
William Wilson
Sally, Tom's wife:
Sal Sturgeon
Sam Wharton, a miner on Compensation:
Norman Richley
Harry, his son:
Charles Wilkinson
Laura, his daughter:
Sheila Doyle
Maggie, Sam's wife:
Renie Bruce
Jimmy Rattican, a Tyneside Irishman:
Alf Simpson
Marty Bell, a docker:
Ernest Lyall
The Means Test Man:
William Wightman
Charlie Mellon:
William Wightman
Mr Marner, an unemployed clerk:
Herbert J. Scott
Police Inspector:
R Cecil Farrage
Jennings, a constable:
George A. Buchan

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