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