A Very Great Man Indeed by Henry Reed
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
Music by Donald Swann
First broadcast - BBC Third Programme on 07.09.1953,
Repeated - "with slight amendments" on 13.02.1958
and 09.09.1959
New production broadcast on 17.05.1961
Repeated 24.12.1968
and 28.12.1987 (in memory of Douglas Cleverdon)
Plot[]
The first of Henry Reed's radio plays about the imaginary writer Richard Shewin.
Shewin's friend the "lady music writer" Hilda Tablet only played a small part in this first play but soon took over the series.
The Cast[]
Cast of 1953 Production
- Herbert Reeve.....................Hugh Burden
- Stephen Shewin.................Carleton Hobbs
- Connie Shewin (his wife).....Gwen Cherrell
- Hilda Tablet.......................Mary O'Farrell
- Elsa Strauss....................Marjorie Westbury
- Nancy Shewin...................Dorothy Primrose
- Owen Shewin....................Denis Quilley
- Janet Shewin...................Gwen Cherrell
- Brian Shewin...................Wilfred Downing
- George Shewin..................Marjorie Westbury
- Adela Burkley..................Diana Maddox
- Betty Burkely..................Marjorie Westbury
- Valet................................Frank Duncan
- T.H. Powers....................Norman Shelley
- Lady Blackie...................Susan Richmond
- Miss Rich......................Cecile Chevreau
- Milly, Muffy, etc..............Vivienne Chatterton
- Richard Shewin's prose.........Derek Hart
Characters in Richard Shewin's prose:
- Mrs Hepple.....................Mary O'Farrell
- Scutcheon......................Denis Quilley
- Mona Stanmore..................Diana Maddox
- Rosa Stanmore..................Marjorie Westbury
- Grace..........................Diana Maddox
- Father Tippett.................Norman Shelley
Cast of 1961 Production
- Herbert Reeve..................Hugh Burden
- Stephen Shewin.................Carleton Hobbs
- Connie Shewin (his wife).......Gwen Cherrell
- Hilda Tablet...................Mary O'Farrell
- Elsa Strauss...................Marjorie Westbury
- Nancy Shewin...................Dorothy Primrose
- Owen Shewin....................Denis Quilley
- Janet Shewin...................Gwen Cherrell
- Brian Shewin.................. Anthony Reese
- George Shewin..................Marjorie Westbury
- Adela Burkley..................Janette Richer
- Betty Burkely..................Marjorie Westbury
- Valet..........................Frank Duncan
- T.H. Powers....................Norman Shelley
- Lady Blackie...................Susan Richmond
- Miss Rich......................Cecile Chevreau
- Milly, Muffy, etc..............Vivienne Chatterton
Richard Shewin's prose.........Frank Duncan
Characters in Richard Shewin's prose:
- Mrs Hepple.....................Mary O'Farrell
- Scutcheon......................Denis Quilley
- Mona Stanmore..................Janette Richer
- Rosa Stanmore..................Marjorie Westbury
- Grace..........................Janette Richer
- Father Tippett.................Norman Shelley