'The Two Elizabeths'
Monday 2 January 1928 Manchester 8.15-9
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Elizabeth Saye - Hylda Metcalf
Margaret (her maid companion) - Lucia Rogers
Sir Henry Saye - Leo Channing
Mr. Nevill - W.E. Dickman1928
Elizabeth Nevill - Edith M. Thoms
Joan (her friend) - Ella Forsyth
Bob Nevill - Harold Cluff
Will Stretton - D.E. Ormerod
'These Fathers'
A Play in Three Acts
(First Production)
Saturday 14 January 1928 Manchester 7.25-9
Presented by Victor Smythe
Alec Fairbrother - Tom Wilson
Raymond Fairbrother - Charles Nesbitt
Betsy Croft - Hylda Metcalf
Jonathan Croft - James Harcourt
Jackson Fairbrother - E.H. Bridgstock
Jarvis - A.C. Battford
Tom Taylor - Harold Cluff
Mrs. Sarah Sharples - Lucia Rogers
Richard Taylor - J.L. Hodson
Violet Taylor - Margaret Duff
Margot Dashwood - Ella Forsyth
Doctor Morris - D.E. Ormerod
'The Blushing Hero'
farce in one act
Tuesday 24 January 1928 Manchester 7.45-9
Play NightBroadcast with 'Triumph'
Simon Lanchester (a Bachelor) - Harold Cluff
Jimmy Todd (his friend) - T.A. Crossley
Jane Beaumont (his ideal) - Hylda Metcalf
Edna May (her friend) - Edith Toms
Richards (Simon's valet) - Charles Nesbitt
'The Fatal Mistake'
a comedy-drama
Thursday 2 February 1928 Manchester 9.35-10.30
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James Anderson (the owner of the house) - E.H. Bridgstock
Mrs. Anderson (the wife) - Lucia Rogers
Reginald Denton - W.E. Dickman
John Webster - Harold Cluff
'Carry Me Out'
farce
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
'The Laughter of Fools'
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
'Four Bells'
A Play in One Act
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
'Ernest Helps'
Thursday 13 March 1928 Manchester 9.50-10.30
Ernest - W.E. Dickman
Phyllis - Hylda Metcalf
Barbara - Ella Forsyth
Jimmy - Harold Cluff
'The Middle Furnace'
A Comedy in One Act
Tuesday 20 March 1928 Manchester 7.45-9 (mixed)
Horace Pyeman - Harold Cluff
Nocodemus Brassleigh - Frank A. Nichols
Mabel - Hylda Metcalf
'The Soul of Nicholas Snyders'
A Mystery Play in Three Acts
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
'One Man In His Times'
A fantastic chronicle of the life of William Shakespeare
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
'The Greater Law'
A comedy in one act
Wednesday 9 May 1928 Manchester 9.35-11 (mixed)John Harding - D.E. Ormerod
Eleanor Harding - Lucia Rogers
Howard - Harold Cluff
Cyril - Charles Nesbitt
Doris - Muriel Alstead
Charlotte - Enid Tordoff
Edith - Hylda Metcalf
Dick Trevelyan - W.E. Dickman
Uncle Ned - F.A.Nicholls
Rev. Francis Dormer - E.H. Bridgstock
Henry - James Lentil
'Sarah's Sea Shell'
A Fantastic Farce in One Act
Monday 28 May 1928 Manchester 9.35-11 (mixed)
(The Ninth of the 'Browns of Owdham' series)
Specially Written by Edwin Lewis
Sarah Brown - Hylda Metcalf
Bill Brown - E.H. Bridgstock
Aram-el-Aram (Oswald) - J. Bernard-Smith
A Young Man About Blackpool - Harold Cluff
'No. 13'
A Sketch in One Scene
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
'Progress and the Builder'
Tuesday 26 June 1928 Manchester 7.45-9 (mixed)
The Station Repertory Players present
Specially written in commemoration of Samuel Crompton - died June 26, 1827
Nell Compton - Hylda Metcalf
Tom Biggin - D.E. Ormerod
Bob Compton - E.H. Bridgstock
Harry Riley - Harold Cluff
Bob Braithwaite - F.A. Nicholls
Ned Raynor - J. Edward Roberts
'Televisionary Tactics'
a farcical comedy in one act
(Xlex)
Tuesday 10 July 1928 Manchester 9.40-10.30
Presented by the Station Repertory Players
Mr. Tipper (a solicitor) - D.E. Ormerod
Mr. Portleigh (another solicitor) - George Bernard Smith
Miss Jane Gray (Secretary to Mr. Tipper) - Hylda Metcalf
Mr. Mudway (Managing Clerk to Messrs. Portleigh and Co.) - Harold Cluff
A Plaintiff - Ella Forsyth
A Defendant - Frank Marchall
An Office Boy - Arthur Roundell
'Lucky Bill'
a Manx farce
Friday 20 July 1928 Manchester 7.45-9
A Manx Programme (mixed)The Station Repertory Players
The tenth of the 'Browns of Owdham' seriesSarah Brown - Hylda Metcalf
Bill Brown - E.H. Bridgstock
Queen Mona - the Crystal Gazer - Berenice Melford
An Elderly Gentleman - Graffington Myers
A Cheap Jack - Harold Cluff
A Refined Young Lady - Lucia Rogers
Timothy - the Manx Cat - Charles Nesbitt
'The King of Zenoa'
A Radio Drama of the South Seas
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
'A Day in an Hour'
A New and Original Entertainment
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. SmithNoon
Soloist - Spencer Hayes [music]
Silent Noon
A Woman - Hylda Metcalf
John - Harold Cluff
He - H.R. Williams
She - Edith TomsEvening
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. WilliamsNight
Soloist - Beatrice Coleman [music]
Love's Sweet Song
Man - Leo Channing
Constable - D.E. Ormerod
'Signposts'
A Mystery Play
(W. Huntley Adams and I. Mountford)
Monday 17 September 1982 Manchester 9.45-10.30
Presented by the Station Repertory Players
Justin Munro - W.A. Dickman
Harry Johnson - F.A. Nichols
Raymond Broadbent - G.B. Smith
Arthur Broadbent - Harold Cluff
Porter - A.G. Mitcheson
* '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
'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. NichollsCrew 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
'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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