'The Grey Parrot'

A One Act Comedy

(W.W. Jacobs and Charles Rowe)

Wednesday 11 January 1928 Manchester 9.35-11 (mixed)

Adapted from W.W. Jacobs' Story by W.W. Jacobs and Charles Rowe

Jim Gannett - E.H. Bridgstock
Sam Rogers - Charles Nesbitt
Hobson (a publican) - A.G. Mitcheson
P.C.24 - D.E. Ormerod
Mary Gannett (Gannett's Wife) - Betty Elsmore
Jane Rogers (Roger's wife) - Lucia Rogers

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'These Fathers'

A Play in Three Acts

(James Lansdale Hodson)

(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

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'Triumph'

A new play in Three Scenes

(Edward Farmer)

Tuesday 24 January 1928 Manchester 7.45-9
Play Night

Broadcast with 'The Blushing Hero'

Madame Lazenta (a Prima Donna) - Hylda Metcalf
A Street Hawker - Charles Nesbitt
Policeman - A.G. Mitcheson
Mrs. Martin - Lucia Rogers
Richard Lobell - D.E. Ormerod
Bobby Lobell - Kenneth Burchill
Mr. Gintburg - W.E. Dickman

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'The Blushing Hero'

farce in one act

(Frank Tyldsley)

Tuesday 24 January 1928 Manchester 7.45-9
Play Night

Broadcast 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

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'Lonesome Like'

Lancashire comedy one act

(Harold Brighouse)

Saturday 10 March 1928 Manchester 9.35-11

Sarah Ormerod - Hylda Metcalf
Emma Brierley - Ella Forsyth
Rev. Frank Alleyne - Michael Voisey
Sam Horrocks - Charles Nesbitt

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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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'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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'The Greater Law'

A comedy in one act

(Leonard C. White)

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

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'A Touch of Sun'

A Tropical Comedy in One Act

(Alfred Gordon Bennett)

Wednesday 23 May 1928 Manchester 7.45-8.45

James Drew - D.E. Ormerod
Sam Sing - Charles Nesbitt
A Doctor - F.A. Nicholls
Ina Yorke - Hylda Metcalf

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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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'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 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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'Mrs. Bill Entertains'

A Light Comedy

(Constance Enne)

Saturday 6 October 1928 Manchester 3.30-5.15 (mixed)

Parker - Lucia Rogers
Repton - Charles Nesbitt
June Wellington - Hylda Metcalf
Bill Wellington - D.E. Ormerod
Larry Oliver - H.R. Williams
A Burglar - F.A. Nicholls (sic)

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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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'Fossie for Short'

1 act comedy

(Harold Brighouse)

Tuesday 23 October 1928 Manchester 7.45-9 (mixed)

The Station Repertory Players

Ronald Clibran - W.E. Dickman
Geoffrey Sarbitter - G. Bernard Smith
Willie Piggott - Charles Nesbitt
Muriel Sarbitter - Lucia Rogers
Dorothy Platt - Kathleen Fair
Euphrosyne Dale - Hylda Metcalf
Waiter - Arthur Waite

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'The Painters'

a sketch

(Fred Malcolm)

Saturday 27 October 1928 Manchester 7.45-9 (mixed)

John - John Rorke
Bob - Charles Nesbitt

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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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'Dealing in Futures'

three acts

(Harold Brighouse)

Monday 19 November 1928 Manchester 7.45-9

Playwrights of the North

Jabes Thompson - G. Bernard Smith
Rosie Thompson - Hylda Metcalf
John Bunting - Frank A. Nicholls
Charles Bunting - Tom Wilson
Walter Clavering - W.E. Dickman
Lomax - Allen Sykes
Dowden - J.J. Ward
Mrs. Wilcox - Ella Forsyth
James Pullen - Charles Nesbitt
Robert James - Michael Voisey
Joseph Livesey - D.E. Ormerod
Job Alcott - H.R. Williams
Mrs. Jones - Lucia Rogers

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'King's Messenger'

(Denis L. Perry and Ronald G. Perry)

Friday 7 December 1928 Manchester 9.35-10.45

Yorkshire and Derbyshire Dale
Part II

Ephraim - G.B. Smith
Granfer Nod - F.A. Nicholls
Slow Jarge - Charles Nesbitt
The Dowager - Lucia Rogers
Bob - H.R. Williams
Jasper - A.G. Mitcheson
The Rider - D.E. Ormerod

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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 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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