H.R. Williams

'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

'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

'Mrs. Bill Entertains'

A Light Comedy

(Constance Enne)

Saturday 6 October 1928 Manchester 3.30-5.15 (mixed)

Parker - Lucia Rogers
Repton - Charles Nesbitt
June Wellington - Hylda Metcalf
Bill Wellington - D.E. Ormerod
Larry Oliver - H.R. Williams
A Burglar - F.A. Nicholls (sic)

'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

'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

'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

'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

'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

'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