A Hedge, backwards by Henry Reed
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
Music by Donald Swann
- First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 29th February 1956
- Repeated on 2nd March 1956
- Repeated on 4th February 1958
- Repeated on 29th August 1969
- Repeated on BBC Radio 3 on 30th December 1987, in memory of Douglas Cleverdon.
The fourth of Henry Reed's radio plays about the imaginary writer Richard Shewin and Dame Hilda.
The Cast[]
- Hilda Tablet....Mary O'Farrell
- Herbert Reeve....Hugh Burden
- Stephen Shewin....Carleton Hobbs
- Connie Shewin....Gwen Cherrell
- Elsa Strauss....Marjorie Westbury
- Nancy Shewin....Dorothy Primrose
- Owen Shewin....Denis Quilley
- Brian Shewin....Wilfred Downing
- George Shewin....Marjorie Westbury
- Janet Shewin....Gwen Cherrell
- Milly, Muffy, etc.....Vivienne Chatterton
- General Gland....Deryck Guyler
- Neville Pikelet....Allan McClelland
- Hélène....Cécile Chevreau
- Richard Shewin's prose....Derek Hart
Characters in Richard Shewin's prose
- Peter....Michael Meacham
- Paul....Denis Quilley
- Mrs Bannister....Vivienne Chatterton
- Roger....Michael Meacham
- Billy....Frank Duncan
- Jenny....Janette Richer
- Roger's mother (Daisy Treddle)....Vivienne Chatterton