Tuesday 12 January 1926 London 8.5-10

* 'Milestone of Dancing and Romance' (Capt. Frank H. Shaw)

arranged by R.E. Jeffrey

A series of romantic episodes in the history of a family dating from about 1660

These will be given with a background of dance music appropriate to the period.

[no actors listed]

 

 

 

Saturday 8 May 1926 2LO London  10.20-10.35

*  ‘The Rum Runners’ (Richard Hughes)

A listening-play written for broadcasting (Richard Hughes)

Presented by  R.E. Jeffrey

Characters:

The Captain of a rum-runner schooner

Mr. Harris (the Schooner’s mate)

A pirate (whose voice is heard through a megaphone)

Other sailers

All up and down the coast of the Eastern States of America from off New York to the end of Long Island there now stretches what is called Rum Row; it is a mixed collection of the vessels of every nations, from battered old wind-jammers to tramps and even yachts.

The boat that you will board tonight is a small fast-sailing schooner which has left the Row itself, and in order to cut the profits of the motor-launch, the middle-man has gone up north to run its cargo ashore. The night is wild and squally with a high sea running. The desperate little vessel has successfully put into shore, landed her cargo, and is now beating for the open sea.

 

 

 

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’

 

 

Wednesday 26 May 1926 London  10-11 mixed

* ‘The Telegram’ (Rupert Croft-Cooke)

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.

 

 

Tues 1 June 1926 2LO London 10-10.30

* ‘Wolf! Wolf!’

A mystery play written specially for broadcasting (Ernest Hope)

Presented by R.E. Jeffrey

Full particulars of the competition on page 350

The characters speak in the following order

Betty Gatehouse –

Jack Latham

Sir George Gatehouse

Lady Gatehouse

Reginal Gatehouse

Ah Fong

Michael Severing

James (butler)

The action takes place in the house occupied by Sir George and Lady Gatehouse, which they have rented from Michael Severing, a rich man of whom little is known. We first hear Betty and Jack discussing affairs which are of considerable importance in themselves.

 

 

 

Tuesday 29 June 1926 2LO London    8.15-9.30 mixed

*  ‘The Test ‘ a short play specially written for broadcasting (J.A.W. Shepherd)

presented by R.E. Jeffrey

A high priest of Aztec – W.E. Holloway

Capt in the army of cortez – Henry Oscar

Servant of the temple – Gerald Jerome

The action of this play takes place in the sixteenth century during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The commander of the Spanish forces was Cortez who was received peaceably by Montezuma, ruler of Mexico. Later both Cortez and his soldiers behaved with such debauchery and treachery that much warfare ensued under the most savage and merciless conditions.

The play concerns the treatment by the Aztec priests of a Spanish officer taken in the act of violating their most sacred altar.

 

 

 

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.

 

Thursday 19 August 1926 Birmingham 8.10-8.30

The Birmingham Radio Players

Directed by Sydney Russell

Present

*  ‘The Golden Buddha’ (Lester Bidston)

Specially written for broadcasting

Yen Ho – Joseph Lewis

Miles Denaby – Sydney Russell

Lin Lim – Mary Brotherton

A dark cave, high in the snow-clad heights of the Khsm in the wizard land of Tibet, from which in the distance, can be seen the secret Monastery of Dayul, lofty and remote. Within the cave lies hidden Miles Denaby – greed and fear in his heart – together with his beggar guide, Lin Lim.

 

 

Monday 23 August 1926 London, Daventry, Birmingham   10-11

* ‘Ghostly Fingers’ (Hilda Chamberlain)

Parts I and II

A Mystery Play specially written for broadcasting

Presented by R.E. Jeffrey

Sir Gerald Seymour (a widower) – Percy Rhodes

Gibbs (the butler) – William Macready

Capt. John McEwan (an American and a rejected suitor of Joan Seymour) – Ian Fleming

Comtesse de Pontmercy (a widow whose interest in Sir Gerald is obvious to everyone but himself) – Dorothy Dayus

Jack Sinclair (a journalist, Joan’s fiance) – Carlton Hobbs

Joan Seymour (Sir Gerald’s twenty-one year old daughter) – Gwendoline Evans

The scene of the first act is a large dining-room in an old country mansion. It is evening and the room is well lighted by electric light. Sir Gerald, with his daughter and their guests, are seated round an oval table at dinner.

S.B. all stations

 

 

Friday 3 September 1926  London 11.15-12

* ‘The Wheel of Time’ a fantasy in three parts

presented by L. de G. Sieveking and J.H. Macdonell

Elsa Lanchester

Harold Scott

Helen Wilson Barrett

Frank Wilson Barrett

Edith Sitwell

Osbert Sitwell

Sacheverell Sitwell

Constant Lambert

W.T. Walton

 

 

Elsa Lanchester was in 'Riverside Nights' book by A.P. Herbert and Nigel Playfair at the Lyric Hammersmith from 10 April 1926, and then at the Ambassadors, for 238 performances. (She must have broadcast after her evening performance or sub.)

 

 

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 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 the visitor, because we saw the smile and observed the twinkle.

 

Tuesday 14 September 1926 London 8.40-9.5

*  ‘The Grandfather Clock’ (Cameron Taylor)

Written Specially for broadcasting

Presented by R.E. Jeffrey

Miriam – Hazel Jones

Mrs. Tomlinson – Margaret Watson

Joe Halliday – Henry Oscar

Martha Halliday – Miriam Ferris

Annie – Phyllis Panting

In the cosy parlour of Mrs. Tomlinson’s cottage in the Yorkshire dale, she and her daughter are preparing the room for the reception of any visitors who may call.

Miriam draws her mother’s attention to the sound of a car which she hears pulling up outside.

 

 

 

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SUMMARY

 

Tuesday 12 January 1926 London 8.5-10

* 'Milestone of Dancing and Romance' (Capt. Frank H. Shaw)

arranged by R.E. Jeffrey

 

Saturday 8 May 1926 2LO London  10.20-10.35

*  ‘The Rum Runners’ (no script)

A listening-play written for broadcasting (Richard Hughes)

Presented by  R.E. Jeffrey

 

 

Monday 10 May 1926 8-8.50

* ‘What would you do’?

A competition organised with Pearson’s Weekly

The sketches will be presented by R.E. Jeffrey.

 

 

Wednesday 26 May 1926 London  10-11 mixed

* ‘The Telegram’   (no script)

A short play written specially for broadcasting (Rupert Croft-Cooke)

presented by Howard Rose

 

Tues 1 June 1926 2LO London 10-10.30

* ‘Wolf! Wolf!’

A mystery play written specially for broadcasting (Ernest Hope)

Presented by R.E. Jeffrey

 

 

Tuesday 29 June 1926 2LO London    8.15-9.30 mixed

*  ‘The Test ‘ a short play specially written for broadcasting (J.A.W. Shepherd)

presented by R.E. Jeffrey

 

 

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

 

Thursday 19 August 1926 Birmingham 8.10-8.30

The Birmingham Radio Players

Directed by Sydney Russell

*  ‘The Golden Buddha’ (Lester Bidston)

Specially written for broadcasting

 

Monday 23 August 1926 London, Daventry, Birmingham   10-11

* ‘Ghostly Fingers’ (Hilda Chamberlain)

Parts I and II

A Mystery Play specially written for broadcasting

Presented by R.E. Jeffrey

S.B. all stations

 

 

Friday 3 September 1926  London 11.15-12

* ‘The Wheel of Time’ a fantasy in three parts

presented by L. de G. Sieveking and J.H. Macdonell

 

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

 

Wednesday 8 September 1926 Aberdeen 8.52-9.30

* ‘The Well’ (Arthur Black)

Written for broadcasting

 

Tuesday 14 September 1926 London 8.40-9.5

*  ‘The Grandfather Clock’ (Cameron Taylor)

Written Specially for broadcasting

Presented by R.E. Jeffrey

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Number of originations = 13

Number of originations in London - 10