SNT 1977-12-24 The Box Of Delights (John Masefield).txt
The Box of Delights
By John Masefield
Network: BBC World Service
Parts: 2
Notes:
Broadcast 1977.12.24 on Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre.
Rpt 1986-12-15, 1986-12-22
The adventure begins when Kay Harker, returning home for the Christmas school holidays, meets two clergymen on his train,
who subsequently pick his pocket. He then happens to meet an old Punch and Judy man at the station. The old man asks Kay
to look after his Box of Delights, a mystical device with many magical powers.
Unbeknownst to Kay, the two clergymen are in the employ of Abner Brown, an evil man who seeks the Box of Delights for himself, and although he finds their behaviour odd, he has no reason to suspect their real intentions...
With David Davis as Kay Harker (man), Jean England as Kay Harker (boy), Cyril Shaps as Cole Hawlings, Aaron Carvik as Abner Brown, Norman Shelley as The Rat, Griselda Harvey as The Lady of the Rin, Kathleen Helm as Silvia Daisy Pouncer, Paul Myer as The Chubby Man & Al, Roy Spencer as The Foxy Man & The First Red Shape, Irene Sutcliffe as Caroline Louisa, Ellen & The Crone.
Also Nicolette McKenzie as The Jones Children & Jemima, Ann Rosenfeld as Maria, Jane Knowles as Susan, Judy Bennett as Peter, Rod Beecham as The Inspector & The Boatman, Louis Stringer as The Bishop & The Second Red Shape, John Levet as The Boy & The Mouse, John Gabrielle as The Bronze Head & The Porter.
Broadcast in stereo/quadraphonic sound. Radiophonic effects by Richard Yeoman Clark.
Dramatised by John Kier Cross. Directed by Graham Gould.
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