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All Early in the April is a radio play by R.C. Scriven. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 18 March 1970[1].

Plot[]

Autobiographical verse play, dramatizing Scriven's early childhood and the ear infection that left him deaf.

Cast[]

  • Narrator - Stephen Murray
  • Gertie Scriven - Elizabeth Proud
  • Jack Scriven - Kerry Francis
  • Charles Scriven - Peter Pratt
  • Clerk - Frederick Treves
  • Ronald Scriven - Sheila Grant
  • Grandmother - Kathleen Helme
  • Neville Scriven - Jo Manning Wilson
  • Tom - Nigel Lambert
  • Aunt Ciss - Hilda Kriseman
  • Wilfred Kemp - Judy Bennett
  • Uncle Harold - Leonard Fenton
  • Directed by Charles Lefeaux

Critical Reception[]

References[]

  1. Scriven, R.C. The Seasons of the Blind and other radio plays in verse BBC Books London 1974
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