'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

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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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'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

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* '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

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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 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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'The Smugglers'

(P. Hoole Jackson)

Friday 7 December 1928 Manchester 9.35-10.45

Yorkshire and Derbyshire Dale
Part I

Captain Martin Sparks - D.E. Ormerod
Gaffer Clay - F.A. Nicholls
Solly Walters - W.E. Dickman
Farmer Crabtree - G.B. Smith
Molly Beard - Hylda Metcalf
John Beard - Robert Tamar
Will Griffin - Michael Voisey
Tom Kettle - J. Edward Roberts
Mark Clyne - Arthur Clifton

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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 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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