'The Two Elizabeths'

(Netta Syrett)

Monday 2 January 1928 Manchester 8.15-9

1650-1928

1650
Elizabeth Saye - Hylda Metcalf
Margaret (her maid companion) - Lucia Rogers
Sir Henry Saye - Leo Channing
Mr. Nevill - W.E. Dickman

1928
Elizabeth Nevill - Edith M. Thoms
Joan (her friend) - Ella Forsyth
Bob Nevill - Harold Cluff
Will Stretton - D.E. Ormerod

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'Carry Me Out'

farce

(E.A. Bryan)

Monday 6 February 1928 Manchester 7.45-9

pr

General Death - D.E. Ormerod
Colonel Gloom - E.H. Bridgstock
Major Black - Harold Cluff
Sergeant Bomb - Leo Channing
Miss Fitt - Hylda Metcalf
The Producer, holding a watching brief - George Lambe

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'The Brass Door-Knob'

(Matthew Boulton)

Wednesday 15 February 1928 Manchester 7.45-8.35

Produced by D.E. Ormerod

Mrs. Bradbury - Hylda Metcalf
Mr. Hawkes - Leo Channing

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'The Laughter of Fools'

(H.F. Maltby)

Monday 27 February 1928 Manchester 9.35-11

Arranged and produced by Victor Smythe

Mabel Grieg - Edith M. Toms
Mrs. Grieg - Lucia Rogers
Bertie Grief - Harold Cluff
Elizabeth - Ella Forsyth
Doris Henley - Hylda Metcalf
Lt.-Col. John Basset Grief - Leo Channing
Hubert Hughes - Michael Voisey
Capt. Charles vidal - W.E. Dickman
Mr. Nuttall - E.H. Bridgstock
Mr. Plunket - D.E. Ormerod
Taxi Driver - Gus Elkington

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'Four Bells'

A Play in One Act

(H.J. Berry)

Tuesday 13 March 1928 Manchester 7.45-9

An Episode of the Sea

The Captain - E.H. Bridgstock
First Mate - Frank A. Nichols
Third Mate - Charles Nesbitt
The Pilot - Leo Channing
Quartermaster - W.E. Dickman
Able Seaman - Harold Cluff
Able Seaman - J. Edward Roberts

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'The Soul of Nicholas Snyders'

A Mystery Play in Three Acts

(Jerome K. Jerome)

Monday 2 April 1928 Manchester 7.45-9

Nicholas Snyders - Leo Channing
Christiana - Muriel Alstead
Jan - D.E. Ormerod
Dame Toelast - Hylda Metcalf
Peter Bles - A.G.Mitcheson
Yvon Molenaar - Lucia Rogers
A Burgomaster - E.H. Bridgstock
A Barber - Harold Cluff
An Artist - W.E. Dickman
A Pedlar - F.A. Nicholas
A Child - Kathleen Keogh
Narrator - Henry Indoe

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'One Man In His Times'

A fantastic chronicle of the life of William Shakespeare

(Ronald Gow)

Thursday 3 May 1928 Manchester 7.45-9.15

Presented by the Station Repertory Players

Written and arranged for broadcasting by Ronald Gow

Produced by Victor Smythe

The Boy from Stratford - Kenneth Burchill
A pedlar - Frank A. Nichols
Anne Hathaway - Margaret Halstan
Fulk Sandalls - D.E. Ormerod
John Richardson - W.E. Dickman
Anne Whateley - Lucia Rogers
A Justice of the Peace - E.H. Bridgstock
Will Shakespeare - Tom Wilson (his original part)
A Tavern Girl - Edith Toms
Burbage - E.H. Bridgstock
Earl of Southampton - Leo Channing
Henry Condell - Harold Cluff
Mary Fitton - Hylda Metcalf
A Jester - Charles Nesbitt
Mary (a Serving Maid) - Lucia Rogers
John (her Husband) - Frank A. Nichols
Puck - Enid Tordoff
John Falstaff - Edmund Bartlett
Shylock - Harold Cluff
Brutus - D.E. Ormerod
Rosalind - Ella Forsyth
Hamlet - W.E. Dickman

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'No. 13'

A Sketch in One Scene

(Harold Simpson)

Friday 8 June 1928 Manchester 7.45-9 (mixed)

Vaudeville

Doctor - Leo Channing
Miss Johnson - Ella Forsyth
Hall Porter - F.A. Nicholls
Smith - Charles Nesbitt
Napoleon - D.E. Ormerod
William Tell - Harold Cluff
Cleopatra - Hylda Metcalf

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'The King of Zenoa'

A Radio Drama of the South Seas

(Edwin Lewis)

Wednesday 1 August 1928 Manchester 7.45-9

Presented by the Station Repertory Players

Ivan Marioff (the White 'King' of Zenoa) - Leo Channing
Anson (Mate of the S-Y 'Zeno') - F.A. Nicholls
Captain Guy Athway - Robert Donat
Annette - Hylda Metcalf
Andy Martin - Charles Nesbitt
Matthews - Harold Cluff
Commander Markham - A.G. Mitcheson

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'A Day in an Hour'

A New and Original Entertainment

(Harry O'Donovan)

Thursday 6 September 1928 Manchester 8.30-9.30

Morning
Soloist - Beatrice Coleman [music]
At Dawning - Cadman [music piece]
A Woman - Berenice Melford
John - Harold Cluff
Doctor - D.E. Ormerod
Professor - G.B. Smith

Noon
Soloist - Spencer Hayes [music]
Silent Noon
A Woman - Hylda Metcalf
John - Harold Cluff
He - H.R. Williams
She - Edith Toms

Evening
Soloist - Spencer Hayes [music]
Somewhere a Voice is Calling
Father - G. Bernard Smith
Suitor - W.E. Dickman
Jenkins - Leo Channing
Joe - Harold Cluff
Alec - H.R. Williams

Night
Soloist - Beatrice Coleman [music]
Love's Sweet Song
Man - Leo Channing
Constable - D.E. Ormerod

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* 'The Highwayman of Knutsford'

(Ronald Gow)

Thursday 11 October 1928 Manchester 7.45-

Specially written for broadcasting

Presented by the Station Repertory Players

Joe Snag - A.G. Mitcheson
Ezekiel Snipe - D.E. Ormerod
Simon Ketch - F.A. Nicholls
Greasy Sam - Harold Cluff
Jack Hesketh - Betram Haley
Dick Wragg - J. Edward Roberts
Edward Higgins of Knutsford - Leo Channing
Pet Boy - Kenneth Burchill
Count Cotillon d'Estaminet - W.E. Dickman
Sir Peter Colville - George Bernard Smith
Mary - Hylda Metcalf

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'The Secret of the Flying Scud'

a play in four episodes from 'The Wrecker'

(R.L. Stevenson and Lloyd Osborne)

Friday 2 November 1928 Manchester 9.35-10.45

arranged by William E. Rice

Station Repertory Players

Crew of the Currency Lass:
Capt. Wicks - George Bernard Smith
Carthew - Robert Donat
Tommy - Harold Cluff
Hemstead - Charles Nesbitt
Mac - F.A. Nicholls

Crew of the 'Flying Scudd':
Capt. Trent - D.E. Ormerod
Goddedall - A.G. Mitchenson
Hardy - Weddy Mann
Brown - Michael Voisey
Wallen - James Lampton
Sebright - H.R. Williams
Bellaire - W.E. Dickman
Loudon Dodd - Les Channing
Denman - J. Dodge
Lady Ann - Hylda Metcalfe

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'The Fifth of November'

three excerpts

(Howard Peacey)

Monday 5 November 1928 Manchester 9.35-11

The Station Repertory Players

Robert Catesby - Leo Channing
Thomas Winter - Charles Nesbitt
Robert Keyes - Tom Welson
Francis Tresham - Harold Cluff
Thomas Percy - D.E. Ormerod
Thomas Bates - A.E. Wallen
Sir Everard Digby - Michael Voisey
John Wright - A.G. Mitcheson
Christopher Wright - H.R. Williams
Guy Fawkes - W.E. Dickman
Thomas Warde - Tom Wilson
Anne Vaux - Hylda Metcalf
Sir Richard Walsh - George Bernard Smith

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'The Third Degree'

A Drama in Four Acts

(Charles Klein)

Saturday 22 December 1928 Manchester 7.45-9

(A Special Request Performance)

Robert Underwood - W.E. Dickman
Mr. Bennington - W.E. Dickman
Howard Jeffries, Junior - Charles Nesbitt
Mrs. Howard Jeffries - Berenice Melford
Captain Clinton - Leo Channing
Detective-Sergeant Maloney - Theo Mack
Dr. Bernstein - George Bernard Smith
Annie Jeffries - Hylda Metcalf
Elevator Boy - J. Grantley
Howard Jeffries, Senior - D.E. Ormerod
Richard Brewster - Tom Wilson
Jones - Peter Vaughan

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'Scrooge'

(Dickens)

Monday 24 December 1928 Manchester 9.35-11

Adapted by J.C. Buckstone

Scrooge - Leo Channing
Bob Cratchet - F.A. Nicholls
Mr. Middlemark - George Bernard Smith
Fred Weyland - A.G. Mitcheson
The Ghost of Jacob Marley - D.E. Ormerod
Fanny - Hylda Metcalf
Boy - David Burke
The Spirit - Evelyn Maxwell
Mrs. Catchit - Berenice Melford
Belinda - Kathleen Keogh
Girl - Eileen Keogh
Martha - Edith Toms
Tiny Tim - Arthur Lyons
Mr. Worthington - Michael Voisey
The Boy in the Street - Charles Nesbitt

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