'The Laughter of Fools'

(H.F. Maltby)

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

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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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'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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'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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