'The Two Elizabeths'
Monday 2 January 1928 Manchester 8.15-9
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Elizabeth Saye - Hylda Metcalf
Margaret (her maid companion) - Lucia Rogers
Sir Henry Saye - Leo Channing
Mr. Nevill - W.E. Dickman1928
Elizabeth Nevill - Edith M. Thoms
Joan (her friend) - Ella Forsyth
Bob Nevill - Harold Cluff
Will Stretton - D.E. Ormerod
'The Blushing Hero'
farce in one act
Tuesday 24 January 1928 Manchester 7.45-9
Play NightBroadcast 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
'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
'The Laughter of Fools'
Monday 27 February 1928 Manchester 9.35-11
Arranged and produced by Victor Smythe
Mabel Grieg - Edith M. Toms
Mrs. Grieg - Lucia Rogers
Bertie Grief - Harold Cluff
Elizabeth - Ella Forsyth
Doris Henley - Hylda Metcalf
Lt.-Col. John Basset Grief - Leo Channing
Hubert Hughes - Michael Voisey
Capt. Charles vidal - W.E. Dickman
Mr. Nuttall - E.H. Bridgstock
Mr. Plunket - D.E. Ormerod
Taxi Driver - Gus Elkington
'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
'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
'A Day in an Hour'
A New and Original Entertainment
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. SmithNoon
Soloist - Spencer Hayes [music]
Silent Noon
A Woman - Hylda Metcalf
John - Harold Cluff
He - H.R. Williams
She - Edith TomsEvening
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. WilliamsNight
Soloist - Beatrice Coleman [music]
Love's Sweet Song
Man - Leo Channing
Constable - D.E. Ormerod
'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