Other Radio Plays - 1979
Burglar's Bargains
By Wally K. Daly 15.12.1979. SNT.(Saturday Night Theatre)- Peter Jones/Lockwood West/Bernard Bresslaw/Charles Hawtrey. This time, the gang have a go at robbing Harrod's. 90m comedy.
Alibi For A Judge
By Henry Cecil 1.12.1979. SNT. Andrew Cruickshank/Amanda Grinling/Aubrey Woods
Sins Of The Father
By Bill Lyons 22.9.1979. SNT. Douglas Livingstone/Nigel Hawthorne/Diana Bishop
The Happiest Days Of Your Life
By John Dighton 25.8.1979. SNT. Roger Hammond/Adam Godley/Philip Voss/Gordon Dulieu. Radio play of the film. Well-known comedy.
Cold Bath Fields
By Christopher Russell 7.7.1979. SNT. Michael Harbour/Peter Pacey
Present Laughter
By Noel Coward 30.6.1979. SNT. Paul Scofield/Fenella Fielding/Patricia Routledge. Very good production of Coward's well-known comedy. 90m.
Creepers
By Frederick Bradnum 5.5.1979. SNT. Ian Holm/Jack May
The Last Witch
By Christopher Russell 28.4.1979. SNT. Sylvia Coleridge/Jennifer Piercy/Gerald Cross. Rather surprising tale (based on fact) about events in rural Ireland at the end of the 1800s.
The Diary Of A Scoundrel....1979
by Alexander Ostrovsky,
adapted by Rodney Ackland.
Produced by Glyn Dearman,
with James Aubrey, Fenella Fielding and Maurice Denham. 31 Mar79 (Saturday Night Theatre).
Comedy in two acts, adapted by Rodney Ackland from Alexander Ostrovsky's Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man
Gloumov, a young man of meager means and abundant imagination, sets out to con his way into the inner circle of Moscow society. He does this by pampering the various egos that comprise that circle.
Alexander Ostrovsky wrote at the same time as Turgenev, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. He is considered the greatest dramatist of the Russian Realistic School. Although Ostrovsky is relatively unknown to English and American audiences, his 40 plays are still performed regularly in Russia.
Yegor Gloumov....................James Aubrey
Kleopatra Manaeva............Fenella Fielding
Noel Mamaev..................Anthony Newlands
Anton Kroutitzky...............Maurice Denham
Sophia Tourousina...............Maxine Audley
Glafira Gloumova..................Patsy Smart
Mashenka........................Tammy Ustinov
Ivan Gorodonlin.............Kenneth Fortescue
Madame Maniefa....................Margot Boyd
Dmitri Kourchaev.................Philip Sully
Alexander Golutvin..............Andrew Branch
Matriosha.........................Brenda Kaye
Lubinka........................Hilda Kriseman
Styopka............................Bill Monks
Grigori.........................Gordon Dulieu
A DREAM OF MURDER ....1979
Radiophonic sound by Paddy Kingsland. Produced by Ian Cotterell. R4 03-Mar-1979. With Nigel Anthony, Sean Barrett, Sheila Grant, Alan MacNaughtan, Rosalind Shanks, Tammy Ustinov, Alison Draper, Josie Kidd, Fred Bryant. Creepy supernatural play about a man who dreams about .... well - look at the title! Recording sent by Paul Collins - many thanks.
The Silent Scream
By Wally K. Daly 17.2.1979. SNT. James Laurenson/Hannah Gordon/Colin Douglas/Donald Hewlett. Science fiction - part of trilogy.
The Lackey's Daughter
By Ken Whitmore 3.2.1979. SNT. Elizabeth Bell/Derrick Gilbert/Christine Welch
Other Paths To Glory
By Anthony Price 27.1.1979. SNT. Martin Jarvis/Tony Britton. Exciting Second World War story - see War and Conflict page.
Vendetta For A Judge
By James Follett 20.1.1979. SNT. Bernard Horsfall/Mary Law/Roger Hammond/Freda Dowie. A criminal has a go at paying the judge back for his sentence.
CONDOMINIUM....1979
By Dominic O'Malley; Just Before Midnight. A woman living on the 35th floor reflects on her life and the fact that her son and daughter, both abroad, never
contact her. Stars Elaine Strich.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
Above plays known to exist in VRPCC collections.
