SNT 1972-03-11 Buried Alive (Arnold Bennett).txt
Buried Alive
by Arnold Bennett
dramatised by James Duckett
Produced by Anthony Cornish in Birmingham
Broadcast: 11th March 1972 (Saturday Night Theatre)
The life of Priam Farll, a successful but reclusive painter, takes a dramatic turn when the world believes he has died and he steps into the life of the man who died, his valet, Henry Leek.
With David King [Priam Farll], Jane Hilton [Alice Chalice], David March [Whitney C. Whitt, an American Art Connoisseur / Mr. Oxford, an Agent for an Art Collector], Jane Freeman [Mrs. Leek], Paul Chapman [Henry Leek], Anthony Woodruff [Dr. Cashmore / Mr. Crepitude, K.C.], Simon Carter [Mr. Vodrey, K.C.], Philip Garston-Jones [The Judge], George Woolley [Duncan Farll], Frank Morley [Henry Leek, Jr. / Mr. Dockery], Gabrielle Laye [Miss Cohenson / The Shop Assistant], Ursula O'Leary [Lady Sophia], Drew Griffiths [Matthew Leek], and John Rowe [The Narrator].
80/44/mono; 50 MB; sound quality good, except for first 30 seconds
Trivia: Bennett's 1908 novel, "Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days", became a stage play called "The Great Adventure" that opened at the Kingsway Theatre, London, in 1913 with great success. Several film versions were made, and in 1968, a stage musical version called "Darling of the Day" led to a Tony Award for Patricia Routledge.
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