Beatrix radio and TV for the BBC 1953

Programme dates and details from the Radio Times archive online

Third Programme, 12 April 1953 18.30
' THE DANCE OF DEATH'  by August Strindberg
In a new English version by Max Faber
Radio adaptation and production by Donald McWhinnie
During the interval (7.50-8.0 app.): Vagn Holmboe Serenata, Op. 18 played by the Danish Quartet on gramophone records
Edgar, Captain in Artillery: Michael Hordern
Alice, his wife, an ex-actress: Beatrix Lehmann
Judith, their daughter: Marcia Ashton
Kurt. Alice's cousin, now Quarantine Officer: Cyril Luckham
Allan, his son: Michael Bates
The Lieutenant: Raymond Mason
Jenny: Rosamund Greenwood
The old woman: Hester Paton Brown

Third Programme, 24 April 1953 20.20
'A FAMILY AND A FORTUNE' by Ivy Compton-Burnett
Adapted for radio by Peter Mellors in collaboration with the author
Production by Christopher Sykes
The action of the story takes place in Edgar Gaves-ton 's country house and its neighbourhood in 1901.
During the interval (9.40-9.65 app.): Boccherini
String Quartet in D, Op. 6 No. 1 played by the New Italian Quartet on gramophone records
Characters in order of speaking:
Oliver Seaton: Alec Finter
Matilda Seaton, his daughter: Beatrix Lehmann
Blanche Gaveaton, Matilda's sister: Gladys Young
Miss Griffin: Mary Morrell
Edgar Gaveston, Blanche's husband: Norman Shelley
Dudley Gaveaton, 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, 12 May 1953 20.35
'THE DANCE OF DEATH'  by August Strindberg
In a new English version by Max Faber
Radio adaptation and production by Donald McWhinnie
The scene is an island off the coast of Sweden at the beginning of this century
Prokofiey , Piano music played by Alexandre Borovsky and Hana Graf on gramophone records
(as above)

Third Programme, 24 May 1953 18.30
Paul Scofield with Beatrix Lehmann and Deryck Guyler in 'LAZARUS'
Lazare by André Obey Translated by Gerard Hopkins
Produced by E. J. King Bull
Cast in order of speaking:
Martha: Beatrix Lehmann
Hbnorine: Rosamund Greenwood
Matthew: Cyril Luckham
Judas: Basil Jones
Mermans: George Rose
Lazarus :: Paul Scofield
The Doctor: Ernest Jay
Mary: Dilys Hamlett
Jesus: Deryck Guyler

Third Programme, 26 May 1953 21.00
Paul Scofield with Beatrix Lehmann and Deryck Guyler in 'LAZARUS'
(as above)

Light Programme, 31 May 1953 22.30
James McKechnie Beatrix Lehmann and Robert Harris in ' WESTMINSTER ABBEY' A portrait in sound of this shrine of British freedom
Written and produced by R. D. Smith
Music composed by Elisabeth Lutyena
Dr. Harold Darke (organist)
Edward Clark (conductor) with Dennis Arundell
Derek Birch , Oliver Burt, Lee Fox , Alexander Gauge Betty Limton , Anthony Jacobs John Richmond. Douglas Seale Joe Stern , Catherine Salkeld Mavis Walker , Denis McCarthy

Third Programme, 28 June 1953 21.00
Paul Scofield with Beatrix Lehmann and Deryck Guyler in 'LAZARUS'
(' Lazare ') by Andre Obey
Translated by Gerard Hopkins Produced by E. J. King Bull
(As above)

Third Programme, 1 July 1953 21.40
' 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

Third Programme, 26 August 1953 20.10
'HUIS CLOS'  by Jean-Paul Sartre
Translated bv Marjorie Gabaln and Joan Swinstead
Produced by Mary Hope Allen
Garcin: Alec Guinness
Attendant: Donald Pleasance
Inès: Beatrix Lehmann
Estelle: Betty Ann Davies
(repeat of the 1940s production available at the BL)

Third Programme, 20 September 1953 18.30
Beatrix Lchmann 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
Narration by Ivan Samson
The time is 1889; the place the ne ghbounhood of the Haslams' country house.
Production by Christopher Sykes
Domenico Scarlatti
Three sonatas played by Walter Gieseking (piano): on records
Characters in order of speaking:
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 Haslams' butler: Eric Lugg
Rev Ernest Bellamy: Ronald Simpson
Camilla, his wife: Margaret Leighton
Mrs Christy, her mother: Dorothy Black
Dr Dufferin: Harry Towb
Dominic Spong: Heron Carvic
Mrs Calkin: Patience Collier
Lady Hardisty: Gladys Young

Third Programme, 25 September 1953 20.35
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
Production by Christopher Sykes
During: the interval in the performance of the play (9.20-9.35 approx.):
Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie , Op. 61 played by Arthur Rubinstein (piano) on gramophone records
(as above)

Third Programme, 6 November 1953 20.20
'THE DANCE OF DEATH'  by August Strindberg
In a new English version by Max Faber
Radio adaptation and production by Donald McWhinnie
Scene: an island off the coast of Sweden at the beginning of this century.
See ' Drama Diary' on page 21
During the interval (9.40-9.50 app):
Three Short Pieces by Ibert played by the Copenhagen Wind Quintet on gramophone records
Production By: Donald McWhinnie
Cast
Edgar Captain in Artillery: Michael Hordern
Alice, his wife, an ex-actress: Beatrix Lehmann
Judith, their daughter: Marcia Ashton
Kurt, Alice's cousin, now Quarantine Officer: Cyril Luckham
Allan, his son: Michael Bates
The Lieutenant: Raymond Mason
Jenny: Rosamund Greenwood
The old woman: Hester Paton Brown

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)

Beatrix radio and TV for the BBC 1930s and 1940s

All dates from the Radio Times archives

30 January 1934 21.20
Belfast Clemence Dane’s Wild December,
A Play about the Bronte's Adapted for broadcasting by THE AUTHOR
The action passes in the parlor of Haworth Parsonage during the years
1842 to 1855
Cast in order of their appearance :
Patrick Branwell Bronte: John Cheatle
Anne Bronte: Thea Holme
Emily Bronte: Beatrix Lehmann
Charlotte Bronte: Lydia Sherwood
Tabby: Dora Gregory
The Reverend Patrick Bronte, A B: Alfred Sangster
The Reverend Arthur Bell Nicholls, A B: Robert Speaight
Martha: Elizabeth Chambers
A Doctor: Edward Craven
Produced by GORDON GILDARD

14 August 1935 21.00
Regional Programme London, 'Pleasant Portion'
By BARBARA COUPER
'They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness '
Jeremiah xii, 10
Production by HOWARD ROSE
Characters
'Pleasant Portion' will be repeated in the National programme on Friday evening at 8.0
Mrs. Craik: Gladys Young
Carrie Her daughters: Beatrix Lehmann
Doris Her daughters: Joyce Bland
Mrs. O'Connor: Renee de Vaux
David Halcott: Geoffrey Edwards
Dr. Glover: Gordon Mc Leod
A Nurse: Molly Hamley Clifford
A Waitress: Doris Blagrove

BBC Television, 12 March 1937 15.00
Scenes from Shakespeare
A scene from ' TWELFTH NIGHT ' with BEATRIX LEHMANN

BBC Television, 9 April 1937 21.00
Scenes from Shakespeare
in scenes from ' Richard III '
Produced by Stephen Thomas
Today for the first time viewers will see Ernest Milton , who is one of the best Shakespearean actors on the London stage. Radio listeners will remember his fine interpretation of Shylock in the radio version of The Merchant of Venice broadcast on January 31. It was his first introduction to Shakespeare that made him decide to become an actor. He was taken as a small boy to see As You Like It performed in the Greek theatre of the University of California, and from that moment his mind was made up.
Beatrix Lehmann , as well as being a leading actress, has a big reputation as a novelist.
Contributors
Produced By: Stephen Thomas
the Lady Anne: Beatrix Lehmann
Richard, Duke of Gloucester: Ernest Milton

Regional Programme Scotland, 24 July 1939 20.20
Radio Drama from Europe-No. 1 'STORM OVER SANTA CRUZ'
A Polish radio play by Janina Morawska, Translated from the French by Robert Kemp
Chief Characters
Telephone girls at the Santa Cruz central exchange
An official of the Havana Observatory ; and the Mayor, the Cure, and the Police Officer of Santa Cruz
Production by John Cheatle
Dolores Del Vanco: Beatrix Lehmann
Conchita: Vera Lennox
Tom, a Negro employed at the exchange: Robert Adams

Regional Programme London, 24 July 1939 20.20
Radio Drama from Europe-No. 'STORM OVER SANTA CRUZ'
(Same drama playing concurrently on different local station)
This is the first of the series of representative plays written specially for radio by leading dramatists of foreign countries. All over the world writers of various countries are working for radio, and this series should afford British listeners the opportunity of hearing some of the best radio plays from overseas. It is hoped to include among the plays works from Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Hungary, Finland, and Prague.
Storm over Santa Cruz is stirring stuff, and tells the story of what happened during a hurricane that devastated a small town on the island of Cuba in 1932. The principal drama is centred in the telephone exchange in general, and on the character of a girl telephonist in particular.
Contributors
Play By: Janina Morawska
Unknown: Robert Kemp
Production By: John Cheatle
Dolores Del Vanco: Beatrix Lehmann
Ccnchita: Vera Lennox
Tom, a Negro employed at the exchange: Robert Adams

BBC Home Service Basic, 5 April 1945 18.50
' HEART OF OAK '
A pageant of the Royal Navy presented by the ' Daily Express ' at the Royal Albert Hall. Narrators, 'Beatrix Lehmann , Leslie Mitchell , and Alan Wheatley. Produced by Squadron Leader Ralph Reader
The broadcast excerpt includes Martita Hunt , Geoffrey Dunn , Bernard Miles , Peter Croft , Wally Patch. Ernest Sefton , Frederick Harvey , the Symphony Orchestra of H.M. Royal Marines (Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth Divisions). the Royal Marines Band (Royal Naval School of Music) under the direction of Bandmaster K. A. McLean , and the Royal Naval Chorus (Portsmouth) under the direction of Captain F. Vivian Dunn , M.V.O., Director of Music, Royal Marines
Contributors
Narrators: Albert Hall.
Narrators: Beatrix Lehmann
Narrators: Leslie Mitchell
Unknown: Martita Hunt
Unknown: Geoffrey Dunn
Unknown: Bernard Miles
Unknown: Peter Croft
Unknown: Wally Patch.
Unknown: Ernest Sefton
Unknown: Frederick Harvey
Unknown: K. A. McLean
Unknown: F. Vivian Dunn

General Forces Programme, 7 April 1945 9.30
'HEART OF OAK'
(Repeat of above)

Light Programme, 19 August 1946 16.20
Lewis Casson Lydia Sherwood and Beatrix Lehmann in ' THE BRONTES'
by Alfred Sangster. Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells , Produced by Howard Rose

BBC Home Service Basic, 26 September 1946 23.03
'Second Hearing' ' THE WALLS ARE DOWN'
A study of a kleptomaniac and his cure in a mental hospital. With Beatrix Lehmann as the doctor and Anthony Jacobs as the patient. Written and produced by Edward Livesey.
Unknown: Beatrix Lehmann
Unknown: Anthony Jacobs

Third Programme, 4 October 1946 22.00
'HUIS CLOS'  By Jean-Paul Sartre
Translated by Marjorie Gabaln and Joan Swinstead. Produced by Mary Hope Allen
This play was first produced in London by Peter Brook at the Arts Theatre Club under the title ' Vicious Circle.' Tonight you hear it with the original cast from that production
Garcin: Alec Guinness
Attendant: Donald Pleasance
Ines: Beatrix Lehmann
Estelle Betty: Ann Davies
A audio recording of this play is availble at the British Library sound recordings. T3574W C1 1946

Third Programme, 11 December 1946 21.50
' HUIS CLOS ' by Jean-Paul Sartre
Translated by Marjorie Gabain and Joan Swinstead. Produced by Mary Hope Allen
(Repeat information)

Third Programme, 21 December 1946 19.15
'HUIS CLOS' by Jean-Paul Sartre
Translated by Marjorie Gabain and Joan Swinstead
(Repeat information)

Light Programme, 3 December 1948 11.00
MID-MORNING STORY
Crime in our Village by Beatrix Lehmann
Reader, Patricia Laffan
Reader: Beatrix Lehmann
Reader: Patricia Laffan
Short story written by Beatrix and published in John Lehmann's New Writings, New Series, no. 2, 1939

BBC Home Service Basic, 9 May 1949 21.15
Beatrix Lehmann and Walter Rilla in 'THE COMPELLED PEOPLE
A play of the Berlin Airlift by Lionel Birch and Loma Hay Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Donald McWhinnie
Joe Mancini: Jon Farrell
Emmy, the maid: Joan Clement Scott
Hugo von Gerhardt: Walter Rilla
Friedl his sister: Beatrix Lehmann
Beatrice Crouch-Burnham: Hester Paton Brown
Sigrid Kleber: Irene Prador
Ivan Alexeivitch Dalmatov (Vanya): Theodore Bikel
Gerald Taylor: Derek Birch
Radio announcer: Basil Jones

John Lehmann's archives

John's archives are at Princeton. So unfair!

They have all the things! http://findingaids.princeton.edu/collections/C0746?v1=Beatrix%20Lehmann&f1=kw&start=0&rpp=10

Sound and video recordings to listen to at the British Library! (radio recordings)

Search Results
name "Beatrix Lehmann" search found 16 titles.

http://cadensa.bl.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=UCioJTPdCy/WORKS-FILE/137650042/123


#1 1LP0151972 1967
A dialogue on pacifism
Cranston, Maurice, 1920-1993 (writer, presenter)

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#2 P418B BD 1 1967
English title: The Storm/Ostrovskhy
Dexter, John (director)
Townsfolk, servants, soldiers, etc.: Alan Adams, David Bailie, David Belcher, Peter Cellier, Oliver Cotton, Margo Cunningham, Barry Evam, Mike Gambon, Reginald Green, Mary Criffiths, Edward Hardwicke, Luke Hardy, David Hargreaves, Anthony Hopkins, William Hoyland, Caroline John, Lewis Jones, Kate Lansbury, John McEnery, Kenneth Mackintosh, Peter Penry-Jones, Frederick Pyne, Malcolm Reynolds, Maggie Riley, Micheal Turner, Richard Winter.

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#3 NP5974W&R C1 1959
Dark valley/Auden
Lehmann, Beatrix, 1903- (speaker, female; Old woman)
Music by Matyas Seiber

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#4 1CE0003348-1CE0003352 BBC 1953
Men and wives; adapted/Compton-Burnett-Mellors
Shelley, Norman (speaker, male)
Produced by Christopher Sykes

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#5 T3574W C1 1946
Huis Clos/Sartre
Allen, Mary Hope (director)

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#6 1LP0054725 D1-3 ARGO
Merry wives of Windsor/Shakespeare
Rylands, George, 1902- (director)

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#7 29E BBCTRANSCRIPTION141683/8-S BD 1
Hecuba; adapted/Rudkin
Tydeman, John (director)
Chorus: Janet Burnell, Ginnette Clarke, Kate Coleridge, Alison Gollings, Sheila Grant, Margaret Robertson, Norma Ronald.

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#8 T304W, P617W C1
John, by the Grace of God/Ragosin
Jones, Haydn (speaker, male; King John)

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#9 1LP0055180 D1-3 ARGO
Richard II/Shakespeare
Pasco, Richard, 1926- (speaker, male; Richard II)

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#10 1LP0054724 D1-3 ARGO
Taming of the shrew/Shakespeare
Rylands, George (director)

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#11 T1833BW BD 1
Caesar and Cleopatra/Shaw
Cotterell, Ian (director)

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#12 2LP0033487 3 ARGO
Dirge for the new sunrise/Sitwell
Lehmann, Beatrix
Beatrix LEHMANN

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#13 2LP0033487 19 ARGO
Still falls the rain/Sitwell
Lehmann, Beatrix, 1903- (speaker, female)

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#14 1LP0054763 D1-4 ARGO
Richard III/Shakespeare
Rylands, George (director)

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#15 T3636W C1
This fabulous genius
Dickson, Hugh (speaker, male; Narrator)

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#16 1CA0018098 T1-2 ARGO
Merry wives of Windsor/Shakespeare
Rylands, George (director)

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"Lehmann, Beatrix, 1903-" search found 14 titles.




#1 P418B BD 1 1967
English title: The Storm/Ostrovskhy
Dexter, John (director)
Townsfolk, servants, soldiers, etc.: Alan Adams, David Bailie, David Belcher, Peter Cellier, Oliver Cotton, Margo Cunningham, Barry Evam, Mike Gambon, Reginald Green, Mary Criffiths, Edward Hardwicke, Luke Hardy, David Hargreaves, Anthony Hopkins, William Hoyland, Caroline John, Lewis Jones, Kate Lansbury, John McEnery, Kenneth Mackintosh, Peter Penry-Jones, Frederick Pyne, Malcolm Reynolds, Maggie Riley, Micheal Turner, Richard Winter.

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#2 NP5974W&R C1 1959
Dark valley/Auden
Lehmann, Beatrix, 1903- (speaker, female; Old woman)
Music by Matyas Seiber

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#3 1CE0003348-1CE0003352 BBC 1953
Men and wives; adapted/Compton-Burnett-Mellors
Shelley, Norman (speaker, male)
Produced by Christopher Sykes

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#4 T3574W C1 1946
Huis Clos/Sartre
Allen, Mary Hope (director)

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#5 1LP0054725 D1-3 ARGO
Merry wives of Windsor/Shakespeare
Rylands, George, 1902- (director)

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#6 29E BBCTRANSCRIPTION141683/8-S BD 1
Hecuba; adapted/Rudkin
Tydeman, John (director)
Chorus: Janet Burnell, Ginnette Clarke, Kate Coleridge, Alison Gollings, Sheila Grant, Margaret Robertson, Norma Ronald.

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#7 T304W, P617W C1
John, by the Grace of God/Ragosin
Jones, Haydn (speaker, male; King John)

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#8 1LP0055180 D1-3 ARGO
Richard II/Shakespeare
Pasco, Richard, 1926- (speaker, male; Richard II)

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#9 1LP0054724 D1-3 ARGO
Taming of the shrew/Shakespeare
Rylands, George (director)

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#10 T1833BW BD 1
Caesar and Cleopatra/Shaw
Cotterell, Ian (director)

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#11 2LP0033487 19 ARGO
Still falls the rain/Sitwell
Lehmann, Beatrix, 1903- (speaker, female)

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#12 1LP0054763 D1-4 ARGO
Richard III/Shakespeare
Rylands, George (director)

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#13 T3636W C1
This fabulous genius
Dickson, Hugh (speaker, male; Narrator)

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#14 1CA0018098 T1-2 ARGO
Merry wives of Windsor/Shakespeare
Rylands, George (director)

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Short stories and articles

Crime in our village, published in New Writing, new series no 2, Spring 1939, copy purchased from Abe

The two thousand pound raspberry, New Writing no. 5 Spring 1938
Republished in
American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy Free [v 5 #20, 1955]
6 page story
New writing on abe expensive
£15 for AA

    LEHMANN, BEATRICE (chron.)
        * Paid in Full, (ss) The Sketch Mar 26 1924

    LEHMANN, BEATRIX (chron.)
        * Christmas in Germany, (ar) Lilliput Jan 1942
        * Departures, (ss) The Sketch Jul 1 1925
        * The Dog Act, (ss) Lilliput Nov 1938
        * The Life of an Actress, (ar) Lilliput Jul 1939 (bought)
        * London Gardens, (ss) The Sketch Jun 17 1925
        * London’s Cat Communities, (ar) Lilliput Dec 1943
        * The Two-Thousand-Pound Raspberry, (ss) American Aphrodite v5 #20 1955

The Sketch Christmas (Nov) 1927 - The isles of Greece

Liliput Dec 41 - photos of characiture.

Films on IMDB

The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Miss Kite 1935
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3F10FtNjXg

Strangers on Honeymoon
Elfrida1936

 The Rat
Marguerite1937
http://youtu.be/irqNVWIJag0

Candles at Nine
Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper  1944

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series)
Queen Elizabeth

- The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (1955) ... Queen Elizabeth

 

The Key
Housekeeper 1958

 

ITV Play of the Week (TV Series)
Mrs Waterman

- The Paper Palace (1961) ... Mrs Waterman 1961

Operation Snafu
Lady Edith1961

 

The Ghost Sonata (TV Movie)
The Mummy 1962

 

ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series)
Miss Willcocks

- Linda Came Today (1962) ... Miss Willcocks 1962

Maigret (TV Series)

- The Dirty House (1962) 

 

BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series)
Juliana Bordereau

- The Aspern Papers (1962) ... Juliana Bordereau 1962

The Spread of the Eagle (TV Mini-Series)
Volumnia

- The Hero: Coriolanus Acts 1 and 2 (1963) ... Volumnia

 1963

 

Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series)
Miss Sutherland

- Cup, Hand or Cards? (1963) ... Miss Sutherland 1963

Z Cars (TV Series)
Mrs. Peterson

- Promise Made (1964) ... Mrs. Peterson 

 

Psyche 59
Mrs. Crawford  1964

 

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Tribunal President   1965

Eugenie Grandet (TV Mini-Series)
Madame Grandet1965

 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV Series)
Gudule

- Retribution (1966) ... Gudule

- Accusation (1966) ... Gudule

- Interrogation (1966) ... Gudule

- Abduction (1966) ... Gudule 

 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Domina's Mother  1966

Out of the Unknown (TV Series)
Dr. Susan Calvin

- The Prophet (1967) ... Dr. Susan Calvin 

 

The Portrait of a Lady (TV Series)
Mrs. Lydia Touchett

- Revelations (1968) ... Mrs. Lydia Touchett

- Decisions (1968) ... Mrs. Lydia Touchett

- Schemes (1968) ... Mrs. Lydia Touchett

- Bequests (1968) ... Mrs. Lydia Touchett

- Proposals (1968) ... Mrs. Lydia Touchett 

 

Wonderwall
Mother  1968

Boy Meets Girl (TV Series)
Mrs. Millicent

- The Eye of Heaven (1969) ... Mrs. Millicent 

 

The Expert (TV Series)
Emma Franklin

- Lie Down, You're Dead (1969) ... Emma Franklin 

 

Staircase
Charlie's Mother  1969

Paul Temple (TV Series)
Lady Heavisham

- Masked Lady (1970) ... Lady Heavisham 

 

Menace (TV Series)
Kate

- Inheritance (1970) ... Kate 

 

Kate (TV Series)
Aunt Lucinda Hogarth

- I Belong to Somebody (1972) ... Aunt Lucinda Hogarth 

 

War & Peace (TV Mini-Series)
Maria Dmitrievna

- Madness (1972) ... Maria Dmitrievna 

 

Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series)
Mrs. Fennel / Frieda

- Is Nellie Dead? (1973) ... Mrs. Fennel

- Walk in the Dark (1968) ... Frieda 

 

The Early Life of Stephen Hind (TV Series)
Lady Renee Chatteney

- Episode #1.3 (1974) ... Lady Renee Chatteney

- Episode #1.2 (1974) ... Lady Renee Chatteney

- Episode #1.1 (1974) ... Lady Renee Chatteney 

 

Affairs of the Heart (TV Series)
Juliana Bordereau

- Miss Tita (1975) ... Juliana Bordereau 

 

The Place of Peace (TV Movie)  1975

Yes, Honestly (TV Series)
Lily's Gran / Littlema

- Sitting at My Piano (1976) ... Littlema

- It Nearly Happened One Night (1976) ... Lily's Gran

- Cupboard Love (1976) ... Lily's Gran 

 

Just William (TV Series)
Aunt Georgina

- Violet Elizabeth Wins (1977) ... Aunt Georgina 

 

Love for Lydia (TV Series)
Aunt Bertie

- Episode #1.12 (1977) ... Aunt Bertie

- Episode #1.8 (1977) ... Aunt Bertie

- Episode #1.7 (1977) ... Aunt Bertie

- Episode #1.4 (1977) ... Aunt Bertie

- Episode #1.3 (1977) ... Aunt Bertie

Show all 7 episodes 

 

Armchair Thriller (TV Series)
Blanche Terraine

- The Limbo Connection: Part 5 (1978) ... Blanche Terraine

- The Limbo Connection: Part 4 (1978) ... Blanche Terraine

- The Limbo Connection: Part 2 (1978) ... Blanche Terraine

- The Limbo Connection: Part 1 (1978) ... Blanche Terraine 

  http://youtu.be/xNQpmBCl-tI

 

The Cat and the Canary
Mrs. Pleasant 1978

 

Doctor Who (TV Series)
Professor Rumford

- The Stones of Blood: Part Four (1978) ... Professor Rumford

- The Stones of Blood: Part Three (1978) ... Professor Rumford

- The Stones of Blood: Part Two (1978) ... Professor Rumford

- The Stones of Blood: Part One (1978) ... Professor Rumford 

 

Crime and Punishment (TV Mini-Series)
Pawnbroker

- Part 2 (1979) ... Pawnbroker

- Part 1 (1979) ... Pawnbroker