Beatrix radio and TV for the BBC 1954

All dates and content taken from the Radio Times archive

Third Programme, 17 January 1954 15.00
Beatrix Lehmann and Margaret Leighton with Norman Shelley in ' MEN AND WIVES '
A novel by Ivy Compton -Burnett
Adapted for radio by Peter Mellors in collaboration with the author
The time is 1889; tlhe place, the neighbourhood of the Haslams' country house
Production by Christopher Sykes (As in 1953)
Sir Godfrey Haslam: Norman Shelley
Lady Haslam: Beatrix Lehmann
Matthew, their elder son: Donald Gray
Gregory, their younger son: Martin Starkie
Griselda, their daughter: Patience Collier
Buttermere, the butler: Eric Lugg
Rev Ernest Bellamy: Ronald Simpson
Camilla, his wife: Margaret Leighton
Mrs Christy, her mother: Dorothy Black
Dr Dufferin: Harry Towb
Domin ic Spong: Heron Carvic
Mrs Calkin: Patience Collier
Lady Hardisty: Gladys Young

BBC Home Service Basic, 20 April 1954 22.15
TALKING OF STRANGE BEASTS An Argument in a Senior Common Room
Written by D. F. Aitken Produced by R. D. Smith
(same subtitle, author and characters of Sept 1952 production)
Warden: Dennis Arundell
Mr Drummond: Pascoe Thornton
Professor Saltmarsh: Martin Lewis
Mr Moulton: John Richmond
Coulson: Walter Hudd
Dr Nuss: Bernard Rebel
Miss Boyd: Beatrix Lehmann
Dr Cooper: Elizabeth Bayly
Macgregor: Duncan McLntvre
Pierce: John Welsh
Colonel: John Phillips

Third Programme, 25 April 1954 18.30
Beatrix Lehmann and Norman Shelley in 'THE WOMEN OF TRACHIS'
A new version of the * Trachiniae of Sophocles by Ezra Pound

Music specially composed by John Hotchkis
Produced by D. G. Bridson and Christopher Sykes
Daianeira, the Day's Air daughterof Oineos: Beatrix Lehmann
Herakles Zeuson, the Solar Vitality: Norman Shelley
Hyllos, son of Herakles and Daianeira: Denis Goacher
Lixas a herald: Alan Wheatley
A Messenger: Eric Lugs
Nurse: Betty Hardy
Chorus of Traohinian women :: Joan Hart
Chorus of Traohinian women :: Myrtle Rowe
Chorus of Traohinian women :: Olive Gregg


Third Programme, 1 May 1954 20.00
Beatrix Lehmann and Norman Shelley in ' THE WOMEN OF TRACHIS'
A new version of the ' Trachiniae ' of Sophocles by Ezra Pound
(as above)

Third Programme, 12 June 1954 19.05
Beatrix Lehmann and Frederick Valk in 'THE ZYKOVS' by Maxim Gorki
Translated by Alec Brown Adapted for broadcasting by Helena Wood

Produced by Mary Hope Allen
The action takes place in provincial Russia before the Revolution
(repeat of 1952)

Third Programme, 18 June 1954 21.45
Beatrix Lehmann and Norman Shelley in ' THE WOMEN OF TRACHIS'
A new version of the ' Trachiniae of Sophocles, by Ezra Pound
(As above)

BBC Television, 22 August 1954 21.05
'LOVE AND MISS FIGGIS A play by Stella Martin Currey
Adapted for television by Alwyne Whatsley and Tatiana Lieven
Produced by Tatiana Lieven


Designer, Frederick Knapman
Second performance: Thursday at 9.15 p.m.
Cast in order of appearance:
Alan Tullis: John van Eyssen
Clare Cousins: Joyce Heron
Miss Figgis: Beatrix Lehmann
Ian Baillie: John Fraser
Meg Day: Doreen Aria
Mrs Day: Eileen Beldon
George Day: Leslie Dwyer
Jimmy Day: Michael Bryant
Myra: Billie Whitelaw
A barmaid: Eve Pearce
Detective-Inspector Dickson: Leonard Williams


Third Programme, 26 September 1954 15.00
Beatrix Lehmann and Norman Shelley with Gladys Young and Eric Lugg in * MANSERVANT AND MAIDSERVANT' A novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett
Adapted for broadcasting by Christopher Sykes In collaboration with the author
Narration by John Glen
The time is 1892; the place is the Lambs' country house and its neighbourhood
Production by Christopher Sykes
During the interval (4.0-4.10 approx.):Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D. Op. 3 No. 9 played by Reinhold Barchet (violin) and the Pro Musica Orchestra of StuttgartConductor. Rolf Reinhardt with Helma Eisner (harpsichord) on gramophone records
Characters in order of speaking:Horace Lamb: Norman Shelley
Mortimer Lamb: Ronald Simpson
Bullivant: Eric Lugg
George: John Stockbridge
Charlotte Lamb: Beatrix Lehmann
Emilia: Gladys Spencer
Mrs Selden: Gladys Young
Miriam: Patience Collier
Marcus: Ian Hindle
Sarah: Andrée Melly
Jasper: Jeremy Spenser
Nurse: Dorothy Black
Gideon Doubleday: Eric Berry
Mrs Doubleday: Betty Hardy
Miss Doubleday: Joan Hart
Miss Buchanan: Marjorie Westbury


Third Programme, 1 October 1954 20.15
Beatrix Lehmann and Norman Shelley with Gladys Young and Eric Lugg in ' MANSERVANT AND MAIDSERVANT'
A novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett
Adapted for broadcasting by Christopher Sykes in collaboration with the author
(as above)