1926 one-act plays
Thursday 7 January 1926 Aberdeen 9.20-9.42
'The Luck Penny' one act (Arthur Black)
(no actors listed)
Friday 8 January 1926 Glasgow 8.30-8.40
Halbert Tatlock and his Dramatic Company
Shingled Take
Friday 8 January 1926 Bournemouth 7.40-10 mixed
'The Witness for the Defence' four acts (A.E.W.
Mason)
presented by the members of the Bournemouth Dramatic
Club
pr George Stone
The Station-Master of Sleepy Hollow - D. Millar
Craig
His Office Boy - Lester Warwick
A Strange Gentleman - Halbert Tatlock
Scene: Mid-day in the Station-Master's office, at
the busy season.
[The following S.B. from Glasgow, details in ‘The
Times’ not ‘The Radio Times’]
8.55-9.5
Shingled Tale
'What It's Coming To'
Gregory the Office Boy - Madge Mackenzie
Sir George Bombass, Bart., The Oil King - Will
Douglas
Walter Wain, a Gentleman's Son - Halbert Tatlock
Scene: 10.30 am in the year 1999, in the Oil King's
Office
9.35-9.45
Shingled Tale
'All Scots'
Montague, alias MacIntosh - Will Douglas
Walter Vain (Again), a Gentleman's Son - Halbert
Tatlock
The Booking Clerk - Madge Mackenzie
Scene: 6.40 (just after the arrival of the Scots
Express) in the HallLounge of a London Hotel
Friday 8 January 1926 Glasgow 8-10 (mixed)
Halbert Tatlock and his Dramatic Company
The Station Orchestra
In “Classics of the Ballroom”
8.30-8.40
Shingled Tale
'The Stranger' (Cynric Mytton-Davies) (script) (page)
[no playwright listed in ‘The Radio Times’]
The Stationmaster of Sleepy Hollow – D. Millar Craig
His Office Boy – Lester Warwick
A Strange Gentleman – Halbert Tatlock
Scene – Mid-day, in the Station-master’s office, at
the Busy Season.
8.55-9.5
Shingled Tale
'What It's Coming To'
Gregory the Office Boy - Madge Mackenzie
Sir George Bombass, Bart., The Oil King - Will
Douglas
Walter Wain, a Gentleman's Son - Halbert Tatlock
Scene: 10.30 am in the year 1999, in the Oil King's
Office
9.35-9.45
Shingled Tale
'All Scots'
Montague, alias MacIntosh - Will Douglas
Walter Vain (Again), a Gentleman's Son - Halbert
Tatlock
The Booking Clerk - Madge Mackenzie
Scene: 6.40 (just after the arrival of the Scots
Express) in the HallLounge of a London Hotel
Saturday 9 January 1926 Belfast 8.12-8.24
The Belfast Radio Players
Present
Double-Sided Records
Written and Directed by H. Richard Hayward
(a)
‘At
The Museum’
Players:
Charlotte Tedlie
Kitty Murphy
J.R. Mageean
H.R. Hayward
Monday 11 January 1926 Belfast 9-9.50 (mixed)
The Belfast Radio Players
Present
Three Short Plays
9-9.10
‘A Perfect Pair’ (Vera Beringer)
Dora – Kathleen Porter
James – J.R. Mageean
9.25-9.35
‘Nine O’clock’ (Cyril Ashurst)
Sir John Richmond – Tyrone Power
Grieg – Arthur Malcolm
Parker – J.R. Mageean
Scene: Richmond’s Town house
Time: The present
9.40-9.50
‘The Lady in Black’ (Halbert Tatlock)
The Lady Afflicted – Kathleen Porter
The Man Afflicted – J.R. Mageean
Scene: At a dance
Time: The Present
Wednesday 13 January 1926 London 9.25-10
'Passion, Poison and Petrefaction' (Bernard Shaw)
pr Donald Calthrop
[no actors listed]
Wednesday 13 January 1926 Nottingham 8-9.50
‘History Repeats Itself’ (Dawson Millward)
A Playlet
Gen. Sir Rupert Kenneth – J. Ferguson Rawlins
Aileen Kenneth – Mira Johnson
‘The Snowstorm’ (Sydney Bowkett)
A Playlet
Henry Fenton – J. Ferguson Rawlins
Mrs. Kingsley – Mira Johnson
Wednesday 13 January 1926 Hull
8.10-8.40
William Macready and Edna Godfrey-Turner
Present
A Drama in One Act
‘Justice or Judgement’ (Donald Edwardes)
John Dean – William Macready
Jack Dean – William Macready
Mary Dean – Edna Godfrey-Turner
9-9.40
‘Charlie’s Escapade’ (T.W. Robertson)
Charlie – William Macready
Mr. Boodle – William Macready
Sergeant Berlinns – William Macready
Mrs. Boodle – Edna Godfrey-Turner
Hannah – Edna Godfrey-Turner
Thursday 14 January 1926 Cardiff 8.55-9.15
‘Admiral Peters’ (W.W. Jacobs and Horace Mills)
A very amusing little sketch by W.W. Jacobs and
Horace Mills.
George Burton, a naval pensioner, anxious to make an
impression on Mrs. Dutton, an attractive widow, persuades his old messmate Joe
Stiles, to impersonate an admiral. The “Admiral” plays his part do well that
George sees his “prize” slipping away from him, till the curtain falls on a
welcome surprise.
[no actors listed]
Friday 15 January 1926 Birmingham 6-7 (mixed)
William Macready Recital-Talk on Shakespearean
Characters and scenes
Richard as King ('Richard III') (Shakespeare)
8.15-8.40
The Repertory Players
In
‘Betty Sees It Through’
Scene – The drawing-room of the house of Betty’s
parents, Mr. And Mrs. Breton, a middle-class family. Betty’s eldest sister,
Mary, is seated at a desk making up accounts. The maid is clearing away the
tea-things.
[no actors listed]
Friday 15 January 1926 Glasgow 8.15-8.50
The Scottish National Players
In
A One-Act Comedy
[no item or actors listed]
Monday 18 January 1926 Cardiff 8.45-9.15
‘The Stallions of Gore Ash’
The London Radio Repertory Players
Including
Henry Oscar and Michael Hogan
The scene is an old moated Grange at Gore Ash, the
seat of Mr. Priest’s friend – Sir Ralph West, a keen sportsman and traveller
just returned from abroad, with whom Priest is staying the week-end.
The Action takes place in the hall, the oak-panelled
dining-room and the stables of the Grange.
Wednesday 20 January 1926 Edinburgh 9.43-10
Presented by Nancy Shaw
‘The Lost Piper’ (James R.A. Fleming)
James Cameron – Edward Lister
Ian Carruthers – George Truscott
Daphne Carruthers – Ann Merlyn
Henry Clyton – Denis Overend
Thursday 21 January 1926 Cardiff 8.30-9.5
‘A Marriage for Marged’ (R.F. Thurtle)
Mrs. Llewellyn – Miss McDonald Taylor
Marged – Evelyn Shapley
Mrs. Hughes – Miss Weatherspoon
Trevor – The Author
It has a domestic setting, the scene being a Welsh
miner’s home.
Thursday 21 January 1926 Aberdeen
'Poor Man's Pride' (John M. Smith)
2BD Repertory Players
Rovert Allison – William Meston
Mrs. Allison – Daisy Moncur
Mrs. Gow – Grace R. Wilson
Isie Blyth – Mary McPherson
John – William Mair
Willie – William Mair
Friday 22 January 1926 Aberdeen 8.45-9.10
'Betty Sees it Through'
London Repertory Players including
Phyllis Panting
Henry Oscar
Michael Hogan
Tuesday 26 January 1926 Glasgow 8.30-9
‘The Stallions of Gore Ash’
The London Radio Repertory Players
Including
Henry Oscar and Michael Hogan
The scene is an old moated Grange at Gore Ash, the
seat of Mr. Priest’s friend – Sir Ralph West, a keen sportsman and traveller
just returned from abroad, with whom Priest is staying the week-end.
The Action takes place in the hall, the oak-panelled
dining-room and the stables of the Grange.
Thursday 28 January 1926 Belfast 8.36-8.48
The Belfast Radio Players
‘The Letter-Writer’ (Anna M. Warnock)
Margaret Lynch – Anna Warnock
Mrs. Mckeague – Jeannie Erskine
Joe Mckeague – H.R. Hayward
Micky Doherty – Charles K. Arye
Friday 29 January 1926 Newcastle 8.46-9.30
'Betty Sees it Through'
London Repertory Players including
Phyllis Panting
Henry Oscar
Michael Hogan
Saturday 30 January Glasgow 8.45-8.55
‘The Cure’ (Halbert Tatlock)
Presented by Mungo M. Dewar
Written and Directed by Halbert Tatlock
Shingled Tale
The Major – John Lothian
The Doctor – Lester Warwick
The Private – Halbert Tatlock
9.30-9.40
Shingled Tale
‘Faither’s New Year Resolution’ (Halbert Tatlock)
Presented by Mungo M. Dewar
Written and Directed by Halbert Tatlock
John McLean – Halbert Tatlock
Mag McLean – Madge Mckenzie
Donald McLean – Lester Warwick
Thursday 1 April 1926
2LO London 8-8.40
‘The Disorderly Room’ (Eric Blore)
The army sketch that made England laugh
produced by Tommy Handley
Officer – Tommy Handley
bbarclay
Private Jones – Lance George
Private May – James Wingham
Scene: an orderly room somewhere in France
‘A Tragedy at Midnight’ one act sketch (Lawrence
Anderson)
pr. Howard Rose
Jim – Lawrence Anderson
Mary – Phyllis Panting
Jim and Mary are at a dance. They have just left the
ballroom and are seated on a sofa in a small ante-room.
Thurs 1 April 1926 Manchester 9-9.30
The Station Dramatic Company
‘April Fools Fooled’
Specially written by H. Topliss
George Higgins – A.G. Mitcheson
Leonard Wandsworth – Charles Nesbitt
Sam Egchick – E.H. Bridgstock
May Henderson – Hylda Metcalf
Scene; the office of Higgins & Co.
Time: 10.30 am April 1st 1926
A short farce which shows how the biter often gets
bitten on this day.
Tues 6 April 1926 2LO London 8.45-9
‘Loyalty’ a fanciful fragment (H.E. Bates)
pr R.E.
Jeffrey
Aunt Matilda – Miriam Ferris
Mrs. Peach – Mabel Constanduros
Mr. Peach – Henry Oscar
David, their son – Michael Hogan
June, a girl – Phyllis Panting
The time is saturday afternoon about 3 o’clock. The
scene is a stiff though confortably furnished room, in a provincial house.
Wed 21 April 1926 Edinburgh
(1) ‘The
Lost Piper’ (Mr. and Mrs. J.R.A. Fleming)
Wed April 14 2LO London 10.30-11
(2) ‘The
Poor Rich’ comedy 1 act (Stanley Logan)
pr. R.E. Jeffrey
Jim Leech – Teddy Foster
Mr. Dawlish - Reginald Denham
Mrs. Dawlish – Mabel Green
Mrs. Dawlish pretty and capable, neatly dressed in
black, and Dawlish, a cheerful and efficient young man, are placing coffee and
liqueur decanters on a small table
in the drawing-room of a Curzon Street house.
Sunday 18 April 1926 Daventry 5xx 7.40-9
The Huddersfield Thespians present
‘St. Simeon Stylites’ (F. Sladen-Smith)
produced by Harold Hallas
(The Huddersfield Thespians are shortly going to
America to compete with this play in the David Belasco cup match.)
Tuesday 20 April 1926 Manchester 8.5-9 mixed
The Welsh players present
‘The Poacher’ (J.O.Francis)
Sat 1 May 1926 Manchester 10-10.30
‘Oscillation’ a farce (Edward P. Genn)
Monday 10 May 1926 8-8.50
* ‘What would you do’?
A competition organised with Pearson’s Weekly
Four short dramatic sketches will be enacted in the
studio. Each sketch will terminate in an ambiguous situation. For the best
solutions of these playlets, the Editor of Pearson’s Weekly offers prizes to
the value of £100.
The sketches will be presented by R.E. Jeffrey.
Interpreted by
Theo Charlton
Michael Hogan
Phyllis Panting
Miriam Ferris
Henry Oscar
Philip Wade
(1)
‘The
Crossroads’ (Robert Magill)
at a corner in the suburbs of London where four
streets cross, Herbert meets his friend George, who is riding a motor-cycle.
George stops as Herbert calls to him.
(2) ‘Birds of a Feather’ ( )
In a bachelor’s sitting-room Montague Montmorency
and his friend Percy Tufto are discussingthe former’s unfortunate engagement
with Poppy Vavasour, a somewhat gay young lady.
(3) ‘The Fatal Flaw’
(4) ‘Dinner For Six’
Saturday 15 May 1926 Manchester 8-9.30 mixed
The Station Dramatic Company
‘The Madness of Mr. Mingleby’ (Yate Tregarron)
Presented by Victor Smythe
Wednesday 26 May 1926 10-11 mixed
* ‘The Telegram’
(no script)
A short play written specially for broadcasting
(Rupert Croft-Cooke)
presented by Howard Rose
Sir William Brent (former chief of police) – Henry
Oscar
Mr. Harold Gandy (an eminent novelist) – Bryan
Powley
Robert Stone – Adrian Byrne
John Bedford – Michael Hogan
Sergeant Campbell – J.C. Lawrence
Long (Butler) – Reginald Dance
Sir William Brent is sitting by the fire in the
dining-room of Ridgewood, a large house in an out-of-the-way suburb. Dinner is
laid for four persons. Long comes in to announce the arrival of Mr. Gandy and
Mr. Stone.
Thursday 10 June 1926 2LO London 8.45-9.15
‘The Woman in Chains’ (H.V. Esmond)
Presented by Howard Rose
Sir George Hopleigh – Spencer Trevor
Geoffrey – Lawrence Gowdy
Mrs. Althusis – Eva Moore
The play takes place in Mrs. Althusis’s house,
during a dance.
Thurs 24 June 1926 2LO London 8.9.30 mixed
‘The Coiner’ a comedy of Irish life in one act
(Bernard Duffy)
Presented by Howard Rose
James Canatt – Adrian Byrne
Tom M’Clippen – Ben Field
Catherine Canatt – Joyce Tremayne
John Canatt – Felix Irwin
Police Sergeant – Ernest Digges
James Canatt is in the kitchen of his cottage
arranging the coals with the tongs in order to nurse a small flame. There is a
lighted candle on the table and the kettle on the hob.
Friday 23 July 1926 2LO London 8-8.30
‘Five Birds in a Cage’ (Elizabeth Jennings)
presented by R.E. Jeffrey
Susan – Gladys Young
Horace – Reginald Bach
Leonard – H.R. Hignett
Bert – Matthew Boulton
Nellie – Jane Bacon
They are in a tube lift.
Tuesday 3 August 1926 2LO London 9—9.30
* ‘Force, Wits and a Woman’ (Julius Hare)
A dramatic episode of the days of Cavaliers and
Roundheads
Written for broadcasting by Julius Hare
Presented by Howard Rose
Montague (a Cavalier) – Henry Oscar
Ainsworth (another cavalier) – Herbert Ross
Ruth (a roundhead girl) – Gladys Young
Landlord – Victor Lewisohn
Ireton (young Roundhead) – Michael Hogan
The time is early in the year 1645, beforethe battle
of Naseby, while the final struggle between the forces of Charles and Cromwell
still lies in the bAlance. The place is a country road at night, and later the
interior of an inn.
Tuesday 10 August 1926 London 9-9.30
‘The Maker of Dreams’ (Oliphant Down)
produced by Howard Rose
Pierette – Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Pierrot – Robert Harries
The Manufacturer – Ben Field
It is evening in a room in an old cottage, the walls
of which are of dark oak, lit only by the moonlight that peers through the
long, low casement window, and the glow from a fire that is burning merrily.
Tuesday 10 August 1926 Stoke 8-11 (mixed)
Plays and Music
8-8.30
‘The House of Lovatt’ (Edna Godfrey-Turner)
A Play in One Act
Sir John Lovatt – William Macready
Julia Vane – Edna Godfrey-Turner
8.40-9.10
‘Stranded’ (J.W. Jones)
A Comedy in One Act
Jack Carylon – William Macready
Milly Garland – Edna Godfrey-Turner
9.20-9.30
William Macready
In
‘Anecdotage’
Tuesday 10 August 1926 Bournemouth 8-9 (mixed)
Music and Playlets
8.15-8.30
‘South-East and South-West’ (Vera Beringer)
A Duologue
Gertrude Mullims – Enid Shaw
The hon. Arthur Cunningham – Dick Poett
8.45-9
‘Kitty’ (Robert Higginbotham)
Lil – Enid Shaw
Sid – Dick Poett
Scene: A public park
Time:A summer evening
Tuesday 10 August 1926 Glasgow 8.30-9
The London Radio Repertory Players present
‘What He Won’ (W.G. Williamson)
Mr. Guy Merrier – Theo Charlton
Mr. Arvon – Henry Oscar
Miss Fellenough – Netta Wise
A Servant – Walter V. Tobias
The scene is a comfortably furnished flat in which
is enacted an amusing battle of wits between a somewhat blatant millionaire and
a keen-waitted journalist.
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Wednesday 11 August 1926 Cardiff 9.5-9.30
‘Voices’ a light comedy in
one act (Bernard Newman)
Produced by Gordon McConnel
George Smithers (A Free
Lance Journalist) – Sidney Evans
Roland Thorpe (His Friend) –
Donald Davies
Madge Taunton – Gwen Powell
Flora Newton – Lilian Lewis
George Smithers, young and
impressionable, has taken a flat, recently occupied by his boisterous friend,
Roland Thorpe. George has fallen in love with a girl’s voice, which came out
one night ringing throughout the darkness from a flat opposite. Assisted by
Roland, he endeavours to discover the identity of the unknown singer, with
astonishing results.
Wednesday 11 August 1926
Belfast 8.30-8.50
The London Radio Repertory
Players
Present
‘An Elder of the Kirk’
(Allan Macbeth)
Maggie Anderson – Anne
Stephenson
Tammas Anderson – Allan
MacBeth
Tom – John Macdonnell
Mollie – Phyllis Panting
Thursday 12 August 1926 Newcastle 8.30-9
The London Radio Repertory Players
Present
‘Grey Ash’ (Leonora Thornber)
Renee – Phyllis Panting
Anna – Peggie Robb-Smith
Sir John Ferguson – Andrew Churchman
Sigurd Nikita – Henry Oscar
Thursday 1 August 1926 Aberdeen 8.32-8.37
The Aberdeen Radio Players present
‘The Dark Gentleman’ (Jessie R.F. Allan)
A Scots Comedy
Mrs. McFarlane – Addie Ross
Mrs. McLean – Gertrude Meston
George McFarlane – George Dewar
Policeman – Alec McDonald
Friday 13 August 1926 Birmingham 8.30-8.50
The London Radio Repertory Players
Present
‘The Missing Link’ (James Dyrenforth and H.M.H.
Graham)
Eric Maxwell-Smith – Michael Hogan
Cynthia – Phyllis Thomas
Nathalie – Barbara Couper
Mind Picture: am amusing incident which might have
been another version of the Eternal Triangle except for circumstances which are
explained in the course of the play. The scene is the dressing-room of Eric
Maxwell-Smith, who is preparing to accompany his wife to a function. After the
manner of a man, Eric is frantically seeking one of his cuff-links.
Friday 13 August 1926 Manchester 10-10.30
The Station Dramatic Company
In
‘A Model of Tact’ (A.F. Hyslop)
A Farce in One Act
Jack – Charles Nesbitt
Joan – Beryl Nixon
George – E.H. Bridgstock
Directed by Charles Nesbitt
The sitting-room of one of those bijou flats where
the front door is three strides away from the sitting-room fireplace.
Monday 16 August 1926 Bournemouth 8.30-9
The London Repertory Players preent
‘What He Won’ (W.H. Williamson)
Mr. Guy Merrier – Theo Charlton
Mr. Arvon – George Ide
Miss Fellenough – Netta Wise
A Servant – Walter V. Tobias
Wednesday 18 August 1926 Cardiff 8.30-9
‘An Elder of the Kirk’
(Allan MacBeth)
Maggie Anderson – Anne
Stephenson
Tammas Anderson – Alan
MacBeth
Tom – John MacDonnell
Mollie – Phyllis Panting
The amusing history of how a Scots Elder received
the news of his son’s wedding to an actress and the strategy which caused him
to be eventually reconciled to the fact.
Wednesday 18 August 1926 Edinburgh 8.5-8.36
‘The Burglar and the Girl’ (Matthew Boulton)
One-Act Play
[no actors listed]
9.12-9.30
‘Collaborators’ (Daisy McGeoch)
A one act play
Mary – Maudie Faithweather
Reginald – Stuart Raymond
Mary and Reginald decide to write a play. The former
is full of striking situations and dramatic ideas. Neither one nor the other
appeals to Reginald.
Wednesday 18 August 1926 Dundee 8.25-8.45
‘The Heel of Achilles’ (Alfred Whiteman)
The Dundee Radio Players
A Comedy Radioview of Peace Time Services
[no actors listed]
Gunner Russell
Gunner Spanner
Sergeant
10.15-10.35
‘At Sea’ (Arthur V. White)
The Players in
A glimpse of Jutland
[no actors listed]
Monday 23 August 1926 Newcastle 8.30-9
‘The Missing Link’ (James Dyrenforth and H.M.H.
Graham)
Eric Maxwell-Smith – Michael Hogan
Cynthia – Vivien Lambelet
Nathalie – Phyllis Panting
An amusing incident which might have been another
version of the Eternal Triangle except for circumstances which are explained in
the course of the play. The scene is the dressing-room of Eric Maxwell-Smith,
who is preparing to accompany his wife to a function. After the manner of a
man, Eric is frantically seeking one of his cuff-links.
Wednesday 25 August 1926 Hull 8.10-8.25
‘A Marriage Has Been Arranged’ (Alfred Sutro)
Harrison Crockstead – Ferguson Rawlins
Lady Aline de Vaux – Mira Johnson
8.55-9.10
‘The Ninth Waltz’ (Carlton)
Florence – Mira Johnson
Roland – Ferguson Rawlins
Wednesday 25 August 1926 Glasgow 8.50-9.15
‘Rory Aforesaid’ (John Bradane)
The Scottish National Theatre Society presents
The Scottish National Players
[no actors listed]
MacConnachie
Duncan MacCallum
Rory MacColl
Mr. MacIntosh
The Sheriff-Substitute
Mrs. MacLean
Produced by R.B. Wharrie
Founded on ‘Maitre Pierre Pathelin’ an old
fifteenth-century French play of unknown origins.
Wednesday 25 August 1926 Aberdeen 8.30-9
The London Radio Players preent
‘What He Won’ (W.H. Williamson)
Mr. Guy Merrier – Theo Charlton
Mr. Arvon – Henry Oscar
Miss Fellenough – Netta Wise
A Servant – Walter V. Tobias
Wednesday 25 August 1926 Nottingham 8.15-9.30
(mixed)
‘’Enery Brown’ (Edward Granville)
Liza Jane – Mrs. Dudman Bromwich
Amelia Amarylda – Ruby Barlow
Thursday 26 August 1926 Cardiff 8.45-9.10
‘Only Mother’(Florence E. Williams)
A Comedy in One Act
Produced by Gordon McConnel
Pauline Trescott – Kate Sawle
Dorothy – Susie Stevens
Denis – Sidney Evans
Philip Carroll – Donald Davies
Janet – Dorothy Coombes
This play might have as a subtitle ‘A lesson for
daughters’.
Friday 27 August 1926 Manchester 9-9.30
‘Grey Ash’ (Leonora Thornber)
Renee – Phyllis Panting
Anna – Peggie Robb-Smith
Sir John Ferguson – Percy Rhodes
Sigurd Nikita – Henry Oscar
The scene is the comfortably furnished drawing-room
of a Downland cottage, about four o’clock on a mid-winter afternoon. From an
overheard room comes the sound of a violin playing.
Friday 27 August 1926 Glasgow 8.30-9
‘An Elder of the Kirk’
(Allan Macbeth)
The London Radio Repertory
Players present
Maggie Anderson – Anne
Stephenson
Tammas Anderson – Alan
MacBeth
Tom – John MacDonnell
Mollie – Phyllis Panting
The amusing history of how a Scots Elder received
the news of his son’s wedding to an actress and the strategy which caused him
to be eventually reconciled to the fact.
Saturday 28 August 1926 9-9.30
‘The Rebels’ (Frank Clare)
A Fantasy in One Act
Performed by the Station Dramatic Company
Presented by Victor Smythe
The Author – D.E. Ormerod
Jane – Lucia Rogers
Don Luponi – Charles Nesbitt
Elsie – Hylda Metcalf
Harry – M.H. Benoliel
The Vicar – E.H. Bridgstock
Scene:an Author’s den
Mind picture:A comfortably furnished room,
tastefully decorated. In the centre of the roomm a large roll-top desk which is
covered with masses of typewritten sheets of paper. The floor is also strewn
with paper, giving the room an untidy appearance. The Author is seated at a
small table and is using a typewriter.
Monday 30 August 1926 London 8.10-8.40
‘Remnant Acre’ (Dion Titheradge)
A Play in one act
Produced by Howard Rose
John Chadburn – Henry Oscar
Philip Chadburn – Michael Hogan
Beverley Kent – Phyllis Panting
John Bradburn sits writing at a large table-desk in an
old-fashioned comfortable room, of the type of country manor-house. Philip is
seated at a small table on the other side of the room.
Wednesday 1 September 1926 Belfast 8.30-9
The London Repertory Players present
‘Grey Ash’ (Leonora Thornber)
Renee – Phyllis Panting
Anna – Peggie Robb-Smith
Sir John Ferguson – Percy Rhodes
Sigurd Nikita – Henry Oscar
Wednesday 1 September 1926 Swansea 8.30-9
The Swansea Dramatic Club present
‘The Ghost of Jerry Bundler’ play in one act (W.W.
Jacobs and Charles Rock)
(no actors listed)
Thursday 2 September 1926 London 8.20-8,40 (mixed)
‘Nerves’ (Ann Stephenson)
A Comedy in one act
Presented by R.E. Jeffrey
Phoebe Thomson – Lila Maravan
Stedman – Florence Robb
Roy Aylmer – Guy Bolton
Richard Thomson – Frank Randell
Mary Somerville – Netta Westcott
William Somerville – Herbert Ross
It is evening in the dining-room of the Somervilles’
flat, in Victoria Street – a cheerful, nondescript apartment, furnished with
quiet good taste.
Thursday 2 September 1926 Liverpool 8-9.30
(with music)
The Liverpool Radio Players present
‘Evening Dress Indispensable’ playlet in one act
(Roland Pertwee)
presented by Edward P. Genn
Alice Waybury - Mrs. Harold Wilkinson
Sheila Waybury - Marvel Hulme
George Connaught - Hugh H. Francis
Geoffrey Chandler - Philip P. Harper
Thursday 2 September 1926 Newcastle 9-9.20
The Station Repertory Company present
‘The Idol of Jade’ a dramatic sketch (John Wright)
Barecroft Hitchton - Alan Thompson
Reg Smolland - William Parrish
Rene - Sal Sturgeon
Burton - Laidman Browne
Thursday 2 September 1926 Newcastle
Sal Sturgeon in a Monologue
‘Jollyboy’ (A.E. Drinkwater)
Friday 3 September 1926 Birmingham 8.30-8.50
The London Radio Repertory Players present
‘What He Won’ (W.H. Williamson)
Mr. Guy Merrier – Theo Charlton
Mr. Arvon – George Ide
Miss Fellenough – Netta Wise
A Servant – Walter V. Tobias
Monday 6 September 1926 Bournemouth 8.30-9.30
London Radio Players
‘An Elder of the Kirk’ a play in one act (Allan
Macbeth)
Tammas Anderson – Alan Macbeth
Maggie Anderson - Ann Stephenson
Tom - John Macdonald
Mollie - Phyllis Panting
Tuesday 7 September 1926 Cardiff and Daventry
8.10-8.45
* ‘Birds of a Feather’ Welsh comedy in one act (John
Oswald Francis)
Specially written for the microphone
Twm Tinker – Donald Davies
Dicky Bach Dwl – Sidney Evans
Jenkins, the keeper – Lyndon Harries
The Bishop of mid-Wales – Richard Barron
Mind picture: - Imagine that you are looking at a
country road running from left to right before your line of vision. In the
background trees in full summer foliage divide the road from a moor. It is
eleven o’clock on a bright moonlight night.
Close to a roadside fire there are two old boxes. On
one of these sits Twm Tinker, a vagrant poacher of about forty-five. On the ground
at his feet is a frying pan containing steak and onions. As he finishes his
supper he soliloquizes and almost immediately Dickey Bach Dwl, another poacher,
is heard singing not far away.
Wednesday 8 September 1926 Birmingham 10.20-10.45
‘The Open Gate’ (C. Haddon Chambers)
The “5IT” Players
Directed by Sydney Russell
The Lover – John Moss
The Niece – Mary Brotherton
The Aunt – Phyllis Richardson
The Stranger – Sydney Russell
Tuesday 7 September 1926
Liverpool list of forthcoming plays
Alfred Sutro, ‘The Bracelet’
Donald Colquhoun, ‘Jean’
Ivor Brown
burlesque ‘Smitfield Preserved’ or ‘The Devil a Vegetarian’
shortened ‘Peer Gynt’ with 28 speaking parts
Richard Pryce ‘Hop o’ My Thumb’
Harold Brighouse ‘The Happy Hangman’
revue ‘Liverpool Calling’
Wednesday 8 September 1927 Cardiff 10.15-10.43
The London Repertory Players present
‘Grey Ash’ (Leonora Thornber)
Renee – Phyllis Panting
Anna – Peggie Robb-Smith
Sir John Ferguson – Percy Rhodes
Sigurd Nikita – Henry Oscar
Wednesday 8 September 1926 Manchester 10.30-11
‘Voices’ (Bernard Newman)
A Farce
Performed by the Station
dramatic company
George Smithers (A Free
Lance Journalist) – W.E. Dickman
Roland Thorpe (His Friend) –
H.M. Benoliel
Madge Taunton – Hylda
Metcalf
Flora Newton – Stella Cassell
The entire action takes
place in George Smithers’s apartment in Maida Vale.
Wednesday 8 September 1926 Aberdeen 8.52-9.30
* ‘The Well’ (Arthur Black)
Written for broadcasting
Scots comedy in one act
George McRobbie - George
Dewar
Mrs. Mcdonald - Betty Craig
John McDonald - William
Meston
Prologue: Mr. And Mrs. Mcdonald have justmoved to
another village. An old friend, who has a merry twinkle in his eye, is knocking
at the door. He smiles as he awaits entry, and the door opens, the smile fades.
Let us drift in with thevisitor, because we saw the smile and observed the
twinkle.
Friday 10 September 1926 Manchester 8.30-8.47
The London Radio Repertory Players
Present
‘The Missing Link’ (James Dyrenforth and H.M.H.
Graham)
Eric Maxwell-Smith – Michael Hogan
Cynthia – Vivien Lambelet
Nathalie – Phyllis Panting
Mind Picture: am amusing incident which might have
been another version of the Eternal Triangle except for circumstances which are
explained in the course of the play. The scene is the dressing-room of Eric
Maxwell-Smith, who is preparing to accompany his wife to a function. After the
manner of a man, Eric is frantically seeking one of his cuff-links.
Friday 10 September 1926 Belfast 8.58-9.12
‘The Things That Happen’ (A. McLure Warnock)
Ann McNeil – The Kilshane woman
Sara Marshall – The Belfast Woman
Saturday 11 September 1926 London 9.55-10.30
‘Ringing the Changes’ (R.A. Roberts)
A late Victorian sketch written and acted entirely
by the protean actor, R.A. Roberts
With special music composed by Herman Finck
The Scene is Diddler’s office and chambers,
Rustlebury Square, London, where Major Wagstaffe is waiting impatiently for his
nephew.
Monday 13 September 1926 Belfast 8.40-9
‘The Rising of the Moon’ (Lady Gregory)
Presented by H. Richard Hayward
A Ragged Man – H. Richard Hayward
A Police Sergeant – James Stewart
Policeman B – Jack Gavin
Policeman X – J.R. Mageean
Tuesday 14
September 1926 Manchester 10-10.30
‘The Sweep’ (A.W. Bird)
A Farce
Performed by the Station Dramatic Company
Presented by Victor Smythe
Edward Broadbent – W.E. Dickman
Sylvia – Hylda Metcalf
Harrison – H.M. Beneliel
Thursday 16 September 1926 Cardiff 8.25-8.50
‘The Open Door’ (Alfred Sutro)
Lady Tormister – Eileen Hartley Hodder
Sir Geoffrey Transom – Hedley Goodall
Thursday 16 September 1926 Aberdeen 8.30-8.55
The London Radio Repertory
Players
Present
‘An Elder of the Kirk’
(Allan Macbeth)
Maggie Anderson – Anne
Stephenson
Tammas Anderson – Allan
MacBeth
Tom – John Macdonnell
Mollie – Phyllis Panting
Thursday 16 September 1926 Belfast 8.50-9
The Belfast Radio Players present
‘Catherine Parr’ (Maurice Baring)
King Henry VIII – Gordon McCleod
Catherine Parr – Charlotte Tedlie
Friday 17 September 1926 Glasgow 8.30-9
The London Radio Repertory Players
Present
‘Grey Ash’ (Leonora Thornber)
Renee – Phyllis Panting
Anna – Peggy Robb-Smith
Sir John Ferguson – Percy Rhodes
Sigurd Nikita – Henry Oscar