William Hughes

*? 'The Safe'

A Comedy

(Geoffrey Bevan)

Friday 20 January 1928 5GB Daventry experimental 8.25-8.50

pr Stuart Vinden

Jerry Hampton - William Hughes
Hugh Blountfield - Molly Hall
Hilda - John Moss

'Honours Easy'

a trifle of patches and powder

(A.E. Drinkwater)

Thursday 2 February 1928 Daventry 8-8.45

[Two Plays]
Broadcast with 'Colvin's Lane'
(no script)
(also April 1929)

Lucy Lorebone - Grace Walton
Martha - Helen M. Enoch
A Chance Acquaintance - William Hughes

'What Men Live By'

(Mildred Forster)

Monday 6 February 1928 Daventry 8-8.45 from Birmingham

adapted from the Tolstoy story

tr. Aylmer Maude
pr

Simon (a Bootmaker) - Stuart Vinden
Matryona - Mildred Forster
Aniuska - Elizabeth Forster
Michael - Courtney Bromet
A Russian Nobleman - William Hughes
His Servant - Wortley Allen
A Woman - Phyllis Newsom

'Their Point of View'

one act

(Wilfred T. Coleby)

Monday 5 March 1928 Daventry 8-8.30

Albert Bartlet - William Hughes
Rev. Philip Monckton - Stuart Vinden
Mrs. Bartlet - Gladys Joiner

'In Chinese Waters'

(Vivian Tydmarsh)

Tuesday 27 March 1928 Daventry 5GB 10.30-11.15

From Birmingham

Produced by Stuart Vinden

'Big Bill' Jix, a Globe Trotter - John Moss
Phillip MacGregor, Second Officer - Wortley Allen
George Adams, Purser - Wortley Allen
Stanley Jones, Wireless Operator - William Hughes
Herbert Barrows, Owners' Agent - Henry Butlin
Ah Foo, a Pirate - Stuart Vinden

'Sister Gold'

One of the Little Plays of St. Francis

(Laurence Housman)

Saturday 7 April 1928 Daventry 5GB 8-8.25 From Birmingham

Two Short Plays
Broadcast with 'The Wayfarer'

Francis - Stuart Vinden
Brother Juniper - Wortley Allen
The Goat Boy - Grace Walton
First Robber - John Moss
Second Robber - William Hughes
Third Robber - Henry O'Donnell
The Miser - John Armstrong

'The Wayfarer'

(Kingsley Lark)

Saturday 7 April 1928 Daventry 5GB 8.25-9 From Birmingham

Two Short Plays
Broadcast with 'Sister Gold'

John Mann - John Moss
Nick Winter - Stuart Vinden
Will Spring - John Armstrong
Hal Summers - William Hughes
Dan Fall - Wortley Allen
Mistress Neighbour - Phyllis Richardson

'Out of the Shadows'

A Psychic Mystery Play

(David Hawkes)

Monday 9 April 1928 Daventry 5GB 9.30-10

From Birmingham

Produced by Stuart Vinden

Mrs. Margery Sands - Gladys Ward
Major Victor Rowe - William Hughes
Miss Amelia Tutt - Maud Gill
Mr. Kay - Stuart Vinden
Jane - Grace Walton

'A Little Fowl Play'

(Harold Owen)

Wednesday 9 May 1928 Daventry 5GB 8-8.30 From Birmingham

Presented by Stuart Vinden

Gilbert Warren - Stuart Vinden
Sybil Warren - Jane Ellis
Mr. Tolbooth - Wortley Allen
Mary - Grace Walton
The Boy - William Hughes

'Markheim'

A Story

(Robert Louis Stevenson)

Thursday 24 May 1928 Daventry 5GB 9.30-10 From Birmingham

The Reader - Stuart Vinden
Markheim - William Hughes
Dealer - Wortley Allen
Visitor - Henry O'Donnell

'Brains'

(Martin Flavin)

Friday 1 June 1928 Daventry 5GB 8-8.30 From Birmingham

Presented by Stuart Vinden

MacGregor - Wortley Allen
Grimp - William Hughes
Captain Prince - Stuart Vinden

'A Love Passage'

(W.W. Jacobs and Philip Hubbard)

Wednesday 6 June 1928 Daventry 5GB 9.30-10 From Birmingham

Presented by Stuart Vinden

Jack Hall - Stuart Vinden
Sam Bross - William Hughes
Captain Alsen - Wortley Allen
Hetty Alsen - Molly Hall

'She Was No Lady'

(St. John Ervine)

Thursday 21 June 1928 Daventry 5GB 9-9.30 From Birmingham

Presented by Stuart Vinden

Sir Alfred Pickles - Wortley Allen
Henry Learmouth - William Hughes
Lady Pickles - Mabel France
Mrs. Graveney - F.A. Chamberlain

'Eleven Fifty-Eight'

(Stuart Ready)

Monday 25 June 1928 Daventry 5GB 9.35-10 From Birmingham

Presented by Stuart Vinden

The Woman - Gladys Joiner
The Swell - William Hughes
The Lady - Margaret Kennedy
The Tramp - Vincent Curran
The Bookie - Wortley Allen
The Blind Man - Stuart Vinden

'Hal, The Highwayman'

a play in one act

(H.M.Paull)

Monday 16 July 1928 Daventry 9.30-10

presented by Stuart Vinden

Handsome Hal - Stuart Vinden
Sir James Mortimer - Vincent Curran
Danby - William Hughes
Tim - Trevor Cash
Celia Mortimer - Gladys Ward
Kitty Carter - Gladys Joiner

'Hunted Down'

(Charles Dickens)

Wednesday 25 July 1928 Daventry 5GB 8-9

[Two plays]
Broadcast with 'A Museum Episode'

From Birmingham

Presented by Stuart Vinden

The Narrator - Stuart Vinden
Clerk - Trevor Cash
Slinkton - Vincent Curran
Miss Liner - Molly Hall
Beckwith - William Hughes

'The Two Talismans'

An Eastern Comedy in One Act

(George Calderon)

Monday 10 September 1928 Daventry 5GB 8-8.45

From Birmingham

Hafiz - Wortley Allen
Hariri - Howell Davies
Saoud - David Hamilton
Abulfeda - Vincent Curran
Zaida - Gladys Ward
A Messenger - John Moss
The Marshall of the City - William Hughes

* 'Sea Silence'

A Play of Terror on the High Seas

(Edwin Lewis)

Thursday 20 September 1928 Daventry 5GB 8-9

Presented by Edward Genn

Alec - Howell Davies
Dan - Stuart Vinden
Lieut. Armstrong - William Hughes
Bob Adams, Bo'sun of H.M.S. Musk - John Moss

'The Poet Laureate'

A Fantasia in one act

(Geoffrey Dearmer)

Thursday 25 October 1928 Daventry 5GB 10.15-11.15 from Birmingham

King Adolphus of Apologia - Howell Davies
Queen Claribel - Janet Eccles
Princess Serena - Grace Walton
Alfred Pondero (Poet Laureate) - Stuart Vinden
George Coventry - William Hughes
A Dragon

'The Do-Drop Inn'

(Gladys Joiner)

Monday 24 December 1928 Daventry 5GB 8.15-8.45

Samuel Bottle - George Worrall
Mrs. Bottle - Mabel France
Granfer Cornfield - Howell Davies
Elisha Carpenter - Wortley Allen
Thomas Hock - William Hughes
Alfred Button - Hewart Heyward
Charlie Cornfield - David Hamilton
Harriet Cornfield - Gladys Joiner