'Scenes from Cranford'
Tuesday 21 February 1928 Manchester 7.45-9.40
Performed by the Station Repertory Players
arr. Beatrice Hatch
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Miss Matty - Lucia Rogers
Mary Smith - Hylda Metcalf
Martha - Edith Toms
Jim Hearn - D.E. Ormerod
Mr. Peter Jenkins - Frank A. Nichols
'One Man In His Times'
A fantastic chronicle of the life of William Shakespeare
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
'Edmund Kean of Drury Lane'
Specially written for this performance
Tuesday 15 May 1928 Manchester 7.45-8.35
The Station Repertory Players present
[no actors listed]
'Progress and the Builder'
Tuesday 26 June 1928 Manchester 7.45-9 (mixed)
The Station Repertory Players present
Specially written in commemoration of Samuel Crompton - died June 26, 1827
Nell Compton - Hylda Metcalf
Tom Biggin - D.E. Ormerod
Bob Compton - E.H. Bridgstock
Harry Riley - Harold Cluff
Bob Braithwaite - F.A. Nicholls
Ned Raynor - J. Edward Roberts
'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
scenes from 'Vanity Fair'
Scenes 1 and 2 by Rosie I. Patry
Scene 3 by Olive ConwayWednesday 18 July 1928 Manchester
(no actors listed)
7.45-7.50
Episode 18.5-8.20
Episode 2
'Sir Pitt Crawley's Proposal for Rebecca Sharp'8.25-8.55
Episode 3
'Becky Sharp'
in two scenes
'Lucky Bill'
a Manx farce
Friday 20 July 1928 Manchester 7.45-9
A Manx Programme (mixed)The Station Repertory Players
The tenth of the 'Browns of Owdham' seriesSarah 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
'The King of Zenoa'
A Radio Drama of the South Seas
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
'The Marrying of William'
A Play in One Act
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
'Fogbound'
A Sketch in One Act
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
'Trying a Dramatist'
A Comedy in One Act
Friday 31 August 1928 Manchester 10.15-10.45
Presented by the Station Repertory Players
'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
'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
'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
* '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
'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
'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
'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. NichollsCrew 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
'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