'Lucky Bill'

a Manx farce

(Edwin Lewis)

Friday 20 July 1928 Manchester 7.45-9
A Manx Programme (mixed)

The Station Repertory Players
The tenth of the 'Browns of Owdham' series

Sarah 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

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'The Marrying of William'

A Play in One Act

(L. du Garde Peach)

Wednesday 22 August 1928 Manchester 7.30-9.30 (mixed)

Produced by David E. Ormerod

Presented by the Station Repertory Players

William Asche - Frank A. Nichols
Susan - Marion Thwaite Matthews
Georgina - Berenice Melford
Winifred - Edith Thoms

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'Fogbound'

A Sketch in One Act

(Gerald H. Grace)

Tuesday 28 August 1928 Manchester 8-8.25

Produced by David E. Ormerod

Presented by the Station Repertory Players

Miss Amy Carter - Berenice Melford
Miss Mary Carter - Edith Toms
Inspector Handshaw - A.G. Mitcheson
The Intruder - F.A. Nichols

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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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'A Small Hour'

A prelude to an Unwritten Comedy

(Barrington Gates)

Monday 10 September 1928 Manchester 10-10.45

Presented by the Station Repertory Players

Rufus vine - H. R. Williams
Caroline Grudge - Hylda Metcalf
Sir Thomas Vine - D.E. Ormerod
Lady Vine - Berenice Melford

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'Uncle James'

A Comedy in one act

(Francis W. Taylor)

Friday 21 September 1928 Manchester 7.45-9.10 (mixed)

Presented by the Station Repertory Players

David Whittaker - D. E. Ormerod
Ellen Whittaker - Berenice Melford
Clara - Lucia Rogers
Olive - Hylda Metcalf
James Whittaker - F.A. Nichols

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'Tall Chimneys'

(James Lonsdale Hodson)

Monday 15 October 1928 Manchester 9.35-11

Playwrights of the North - 1

3 acts

The Station Repertory Players

Helen Shaw - Kathleen Fair
Roger Shaw - D.E. Ormerod
Daniel Phipps - F.A. Nicholls
Nancy Shaw - Margaret Halstan
James Shaw - H.R. Williams
Dick Webb - Charles Nesbitt
Alice Hardcastle - Lucia Rogers
Sarah - Berenice Melford
Peter O'Grady - W.E. Dickman
Sir Raglan Mortimer - George Bernard Smith
Ned Robinson - J. Edward Roberts
Mary Richardson - Hylda Metcalf

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'In An Art Gallery'

A Satire

(T. Sladen Smith)

Tuesday 11 December 1928 Manchester 7.45-9 (mixed)

The Earnest Youth - H.R. Williams
The Woman on the Bench - Hylda Metcalf
The Strong-Minded Woman - Lucia Rogers
The Man - Charles Nesbitt
A Young Person - Kathleen Fair
Her Friend - Berenice Melford
First Man - W.E. Dickman
Second Man - B.A. Tarpin
A Real Lady - Ermyntrude Walsh
A Woman - Edith Barker
A Man - Charles Harris
First Workman - Bernard Vaughan
Second Workman - D.E. Ormerod
Harold - Arthur Fraith
Mother - Edithnae Mayland
The Boy - Herbert Land (Jun.)
The Father - George Bernard Smith

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'The True Character of the Bad-Tempered Dentist'

(W.A. Dove)

Tuesday 11 December 1928 Manchester 7.45-9 (mixed)

John Grizzle - D.E. Ormerod
Miss Wrigglesworth - Berenice Melford
Miss Tremellen - Hylda Metcalf
Dr. Brunton - George Bernard Smith
Dr. Johnson - W.E. Dickman

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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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