St. John Ervine Roberts Wife

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Robert's Wife by St. John Ervine   Adapted for radio by Archie Campbell   Scene: The living-room of St Michael and All Angels Vicarage, Combermere, an industrial town in the South of England. Cast in order of speaking:   June Hanvey: Patricia Gallimom Anne, the parlourmaid: Frances Jeater Miss Orley: Anne Cullen Sanchia Carson: Jessie Matthews Dick Jones: Alaric Cotter Robert Carson: Godfrey Kenton Bishop of Winterbury: Norman Shelley Mrs Jones: Hilda Fenemore Bob Carson: David Valla Chief Insp Lindsey: Garard Green Inspector Futvoye: Peter Williams Mrs Armitage: Margot Boyd The Rev Arthur Jefferson:  Peter Pratt Produced by Norman Wright SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE Sat 5th Jul 1969 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM One set, English vicar's home, the background for a family problem. Should the vicar's wife continue her own career at the expense of her husband's? There is also a son, arrested for sedition, parish dilemmas, and the wife's battle to support her clinic.   The solution is precipitated by a parishioner in love with the vicar.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.