John Pollock


'The Invention of Dr. Metzler'

(John Pollock)

Tuesday 27 November 1928 Daventry 5GB 10.15-11.15 From Birmingham

Dr. Metzler - James Prodger
Hungarian Officer - Henry Butlin
Austrian Officer - Alfred Butler
Rosa von West - Jane Ellis
Fanny - Doris Burton

An April evening in the year 1829. Rosa von West, an Austrian, is working at a piece of embroidery by the light of a reading lamp in the salon of a country house near a fortified town besieged by the Austrians. Intermittent canon fire comes dully from the distance.