Beatrix radio and TV for the BBC 1950-1952

All dates from the Radio Times archive

Third Programme, 27 June 1950 20.35
Beatrix Lehmann in ' ARIADNE'
An English version by Rosalind Heywood of the play 'Le Chemin de Crete* by Gabriel Marcel

Third Programme, 30 June 1950 18.20
Beatrix Lehmann in ' ARIADNE
An English version by Rosalind Heywood of the play ' Le Chemin de Crete ' by Gabriel Marcel
Adaptation and production by E. J. King Bull
Cast in order of speaking:
Violetta Mazargues: Jill Balcon
Louise Mazargues: Catherine Willmer
Jerome Leprieur: Godfrey Kenton
Ariadne Leprieur: Beatrix Lehmann
Maid: Joan Hart
Philip Varet: Alan Wheatley
Lucille Beautieu: Jeanette Tregarthen

Third Programme, 16 July 1950 18.55
Beatrix Lehmann in 'ARIADNE'
An English version by Rosalind Heywood of the play ' Le Chemin de Crete ' by Gabriel Marcel
(as above)

Light Programme, 10 November 1950 11.45
MORNING STORY Spell of Middlesex ' by Wilrich Price
Read by Beatrix Lehmann

Light Programme, 15 December 1950 11.45
MORNING STORY ' Wedding Present' by Holloway Horn
Read by Beatrix Lehmann


BBC Home Service Basic, 2 January 1951 9.30
' AH, LITTLE BIRDS! '
Story written and read by Beatrix Lehmann (still need to find a copy of this)


Third Programme, 11 February 1951 18.00
Beatrix Lehmann and Godfrey Kenton with Gladys Young in 'A MAN OF GOD'
('Un Homme de Dieu ') by Gabriel Marcel
English version by Marjorie Gabain
Adaptation and production by E. J. King Bull
Megal: Roger Delgado
Osmonde Lemoyne: Jeanette Tregarthen
Edmae Lemoyne: Beatrix Lehmann
Madame Lemoyne: Gladys Young
Jacques Lemoyne: Godfrey Kenton
Dr Francis Lemoyne: David Markham
Michel Sandier: Michael Hordern
Fred Junod: Douglas Blackwell
Fellcie: Denise Bryer
Mademoiselle Aubonneau: Ella Milne
Little Rene: Denise Bryer

Third Programme, 13 February 1951 21.15
Beatrix Lehmann and Godfrey Kenton with Gladys Young in ' A MAN OF GOD'
('Un Homme de Dieu') by Gabriel Marcel
English version by Marjorie Gabain
Adaptation and production by E. J. King Bull
(as above)


Third Programme, 10 March 1951 18.55
Beatrix Lehmann and Godfrey Kenton with Gladys Young in ' A MAN OF GOD'
('Un Homme de Dieu') by Gabriel Marcel English version by Marjorie Gabain
Adaptation and production by E. J. King Bull
(as above)


Third Programme, 6 April 1951 21.35
Beatrix Lehmann in ' ARIADNE '

An English version by Rosalind Heywood of the play * Le Chemin de Crete * by Gabriel Marcel
Adaptation by E. J. King Bull
Violet Mazargues: Jill Balcon
Louise Mazargues: Catherine Willmer
Jerome Leprieur: Godfrey Kenton
Ariadne Leprieur: Beatrix Lehmann
Maid: Joan Hart
Philip Varet: Alan Wheatley
Lucille Beaulieu: Jeanette Tregarthen


Third Programme, 8 April 1951 18.00
Milton Rosmer Beatrix Lehmann, Andre Morell and Andrew Cruickshank in ' HEARTBREAK HOUSE'
A fantasia in the Russian manner on- English themes by Bernard Shaw
Production by Donald McWhinmie
Part 1
The Presenter: Hairy Hutchinson
Nurse Guinness: Elsa Palmer
Ellie Dunn: Eldzabeth Henson
Captain Shotover: Milton Rosmer
Lady Utterword: Grizelda Hervey
Hesnone Hushabye: Beatrix Lehmann
Mazzini Dunn: John Ruddock
Hector Hushabye: Andrew Cruickshank
Boss Mangan: Andrew Morell
Randall Utterword: Anthony Jacobs
A Burglar: Howieson Culff


Third Programme, 2 September 1951 18.00
Milton Rosmer Beatrix Lehmann, Andre Morell and Andrew Cruickshank in HEARTBREAK HOUSE'
A fantasia in the Russian manner on English themes by Bernard Shaw
A (flute, Winifred Gaskell ) Produced by Donald McWhinnie
(as above)


Third Programme, 16 October 1951 21.20
Beatrix Lehman and Godfrey Kenton with Gladys Young in ' A MAN OF GOD'

('Un Homme de Dieu ') by Gabriel Marcel English versdon by Marjorie Gabain
Adaptation and production by E. J . King Bull
(Cast as above)


BBC Home Service Basic, 7 January 1952 21.35
' THE DAMASCUS BLADE

(no details)

BBC Home Service Basic, 31 May 1952 21.15
Saturday-Night Theatre presents Reginald Tate in ' THE BUILDER OF BRIDGES'
by Alfred Sutro Freely adapted for broadcasting by Howieson Culff


Produced by Mary Hope Allen

Broadcasting By: Howieson Culff
Characters in order of speaking:
Narrator: Eric Lugg
Minnie: Gladys Spencer
Mrs Debney: Beatrix Lehmann
Walter Gresham: Richard Hurndall
Dorothy Faringay: Thelma Hughes
Arnold Faringay: David Peel
Edward Thursfield: Reginald Tate
Miss Closson: Dorothy Smith
Sir Henry Killick: Howieson Culff
Peter Holland: Duncan McIntyre

Third Programme, 6 July 1952 18.25
Beatrix Lehmann and Frederick Valk in THE ZYKOVS'

by Maxim Gorki Translated by Alec Brown and adapted for broadcasting by Helena Wood
Produced by Mary Hope Allen
Cast in order of speaking:
Narrator: Roger Delgado
Anna Markovna, Paula's mother: Susan Richmond
Sofia Ivanovna, Zykov's sister, a widow: Beatrix Lehmann
Pelageya: Audrey Mendes
Michael, Zykov's son: Michael Warre
Shulgin, a forest warden: Norman Mitchell
Antipa Zykov, a rich timber merchant: Frederick Valk
Paula: Peggy Bryan
Vassily Muratov, a forestry inspector: Alan Wheatley
Gustav Yegorovich HSvern, a German,Zykov's partner: Leonard Sachs


Third Programme, 8 July 1952 21.30
Beatrix Lehmann and Frederick Valk in 'THE ZYKOVS'
by Maxim Gorki Translated by Alec Brown and adapted for broadcasting by Helena Wood
Produced by Mary Hope Allen
(as above)


Third Programme, 21 August 1952 22.05
Beatrix Lehmann Robert Speaight and James McKechnie in ' THE VALLDEMOSA AFFAIR'

A study of the events recorded In George Sand 's travel book
' A Winter in Majorca' by Christopher Sykes , who writes on page 25


Third Programme, 23 August 1952 18.30
Beatrix Lehmann Robert Spcaight and James McKcchnie in 'THE VALLDEMOSA AFFAIR'
A. study of the events recorded in George Sand's travel book
'A Winter in Majorca '
Written and produced by Christopher Sykes
Others taking part include Betty Linton , Stephen Jack Anthony Shaw , Olive Kirby
Donald Gray , Joan Hart Eric Lugg , Molly Lawson
Music directed by Clifton Helliwell (piano)
Advice on Majorca and some of the historical material used in the programme supplied by Eric Whelpton


BBC Home Service Basic, 9 September 1952 20.15
Life on Other Planets  An Argument in a Senior Common Room
Written by D. F. Aitken and John Harries
Produced by R. D. Smith and D. F. Aitken writes on page 12
CastWarden: Dennis Arundell
Mr Drummond: Pascoe Thornton
Professor Saltmarsh: Martin Lewis
Mr Moulton: John Richmond
Coulson: Walter Hudd
Dr Nuss: Bernard Rebel
Mr Anderson: Peter Bathurst
Miss Boyd: Beatrix Lehmann
Dr Cooper: Elizabeth Bayly


Third Programme, 10 September 1952 20.05
Beatrix Lehmann Robert Speaight and James McKechnie in 'THE VALLDEMOSA AFFAIR'
A study of the events recorded in George Sand's travel book
' A Winter in Majorca ' 'Written and produced by Christopher Sykes
Others taking part include Betty Linton , Stephen Jack Anthony Shaw , Olive Kirby
Donald Gray , Joan Hart Eric Lugg , Molly Lawson
Music directed by Clifton Helliwell (piano)
Advice on Majorca and some of the historical material used in the programme supplied by Eric Whelpton It is foolhardy to plan perfect bliss. Chopin and George Sand did this when in 1838 they wintered together in the deserted monastery of ValUemosa on the island of Majorca, and they rutfered every kind of disaster known to the gods. The Valldemosa Affair tries to recapture some of the quality of this remarkable episode.
C.S.

Third Programme, 10 October 1952 21.10
'BACK TO METHUSELAH' by Bernard Shaw
Produced by Esme Percy
Part 5: ' As Far as Thought Can Reach '
Cast in order of speaking:
Strephon: David Peel
The He-Ancient: Wilfred Fletcher
Chloe: Yvonne Manners
Acis: David Enders
The She-Ancient: Nancy Price
The Newly Born: Diana Maddox
Ecrasia: Olive Gregg
Arjillax: Denis McCarthy
Martellus: Derek Aylward
Pygmalion: Martin Walker
The Female Figure: Hazel Terry
The Male Figure: Patrick Troughton
Eve: Gudrun Ure
Adam: Robert Rietty
Cain: Norman Wooland
The Serpent: Jane Henderson
Lilith: Beatrix Lehmann
The Narrator: Geoffrey Lewis


Third Programme, 16 November 1952 18.35
' A FAMILY AND A FORTUNE' by Ivy Compton-Burnett
Adapted for radio by Peter Mellon in collaboration with the author
Production by Christopher Sykes 

The action of the story takes place in Edgar Gaveston's country house and its neighbourhood in the year 1901. (Harry Towb is appearing in ' The Square Ring ' at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith) Edward Sackville-West writes on p. 6 During the Interval In the performance of ' A Family and a Fortune ' (from approximately 7.50 to 8.0): Francois Gossec String Quartet played by the Loewenguth Quartet on gramophone records
Characters in order of speaking:
Oliver Seaton: Alec Flnter
Matilda Seaton, his daughter: Beatrix Lehmann
Blanche Gaveston, Matilda's sister: Gladys Young
Miss Griffin: Mary Morrell
Edgar Gaveston, Blanche's husband: Norman Shelley
Dudley Gaveston, his brother: Ronald Simpson
Justine Gaveston: Patience Collier
Aubrey Gaveston: M Westbury
Mark Gaveston: Harry Towb
Clement Gaveston: Donald Gray
Jellamy, Edgar Gaveston's butler: Eric Lugg
Maria Sloane: Joan Hart
Narrator: John Glen


Third Programme, 29 November 1952 21.40
NEW SOUNDINGS No. 9
A monthly miscellany of new poetry and prose, edited and introduced by John Lehmann
Contributions from
James Baxter. John Heath-Stubbs, Francis King. Laurie Lee, Rosamond Lehmann, Angelos Sikelianos
Vernon Watkins , Diana Witherby
Readers: John Glen , Beatrix Lehmann and Denis McCarthy


Third Programme, 2 December 1952 18.00
NEW SOUNDINGS  No. 9
A monthly miscellany of new poetry and prose, edited and introduced by John Lehmann
(as above)


Third Programme, 2 December 1952 21.20
'SKELETONS AND ASSEGAIS' Family reminiscences by Angus Wilson
Produced by Rayner Heppenstall
The introduction and commentary conducted by Angus Wilson and Beatrix Lehmann with Gabrielle Blunt , Denise Bryer George Pastell. Eric Phillips Roger Snowdon , Gladys Spencer, Raf de la Torre , Ann Totten and Marjorie Westbury
Produced By: Rayner Heppenstall
Conducted By: Angus Wilson
Conducted By: Beatrix Lehmann
Grandfather Tom Wilson: Norman Shelley
Grandmother: Betty Hardy
Uncle Gerald: Ronald Simpson
Marcia his wife: Lydia Sherwood
Aunt Evelyn: Diana Maddox
Jock, her husband: Lewis Wilson


Third Programme, 13 December 1952 18.30
' BACK TO METHUSELAH' by Bernard Shaw
Produced by Esmé Percy
Part 5:  ‘As Far as Thought can Reach *
Cast in order of speaking: (The recorded broadcast of Oct 10)
Strephon: David Peel
The He-Ancient: Wilfred Fletcher
Chloe: Yvonne Manners
Acis: David Enders
The She-Ancient: Nancy Price
The Newly Born: Diana Maddox
Ecrasia: Olive Gregg
Arjillax: Denis McCarthy
Martellus: Derek Aylward
Pygmalion: Martin Walker
The Female Figure: Hazel Terry
The Male Figure: Patrick Troughton
Eve: Gudrun Ure
Adam: Robert Riewy
Cain: Norman Wooland
The Serpent: Jane Henderson
Lilith: Beatrix Lehmann
The Narrator: Geoffrey Lewis

Third Programme, 31 December 1952 21.00
'SKELETONS AND ASSEGAIS'

Family reminiscences by Angus Wilson
Produced by Rayner Heppenstall
The introduction and commentary conducted by Angus Wilson and Beatrix Lehmann
(as above)