The Return Of General Forefinger

The Return of General Forefinger A comedy of motives By Giles Cooper The story of the eccentric widow of a   19th-century empire builder. Her mission in life is to bring home to Ireland every statue of her husband, regardless of location or cost. Binnie .... Muriel Pavlow Augusta Forefinger ....Mary O'Farrell George F Brady ....Nigel Stock Quentin Ashmold ....Peter Howell Linda ....Elizabeth Proud Spine-Pad ....Norman Wynne Macnab ....Roger Snowdon Moti ....David Spenser Clancy .....Robert Mooney Tim .....Kenneth Dight Producer: Michael Bakewell First broadcast:  Tue 25th Jul 1961 21:30 on Third Programme Augusta Forefinger, the elderly widow of a 19th century Empire-builder lives now in the observatory of her family's ancestral home in County Cork, Limerick, Ireland.  She has an incredible, not to mention eccentric,  ambition ... she wants to bring home to Ireland EVERY SINGLE statue of her late husband home to Ireland ... regardless of location or cost.  Her distant cousin, who lives with her, is ready to humor her in this remarkable undertaking, but the resulting events could prove  ... well, terrifying (in the humorous sense) might be too strong a word.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.