Great stuff - especially for someone raised in lancashire during the 1940s and 50s- wilfred and billie and the whole cast and production were superb and perfect - this was a peak. of the art - thanks very much.
Really enjoyed this one. How times have changed. This play is set before women had the vote but not much had changed in 1965 . When this play was first broadcast it was still social anathema to be an unmarried mother. Now if you look at the notices of forthcoming marriages you won’t find any couple who don’t live at the same address, it would be like finding a hen’s tooth.
Hindle Wakes by Stanley Houghton with and Produced by ALFRED BRADLEY Broadcast on May 22. 1965 Nathaniel Jeffcote: Wilfred Pickles Fanny Hawthorn: Billie Whitelaw Christopher Hawthorn: Bert Palmer Mrs Hawthorn: Mary Quinn Mrs Jeffcote: Katfierine Parr Alan Jeffcote: Brian Peck Sir Timothy Farrar: Peter Schofield Beatrice Farrar: Pamela Craig Ada: Veronica Doran
Really convincing interpretation of the original.....and for the time, shocking... drama regarding a "dirty weekend" involving a rich factory owner's son and the factory worker's daughter, with a surprising denouement. Features Billie Whitelaw, Wilfred (Have A Go) Pickles and stalwarts, Katherine Parr (no not that one) and Bert Palmer.
Interesting to see the changes in society's moral code since this play was written in about 1910, it is astonishing. Nowadays it seems that everything is acceptable, even applauded.
It was nice to hear regional accents rather than the usual Saturday Night Theatre middle class accents.There was some very nice acting although a bit static.A very enjoyable play although the attitudes were very annoying,one thing that did surprise was the reference to Fanny earning 75 Bob a week a vast some for the time,I remember earning 21 Bob a week in the 60,s..
What a convoluted but throughly delightful drama! Fanny was a woman of muddled character and scruples! Loose sexually on the one hand, but full of integrity on the other while ALL of the other characters were morally circumspect but altogether without integrity on the other hand!
Very strange ideas these people have about love. How could any of them trust one another. To be married to a man who proved his love by sleeping with another woman, and she overlooking it and consider marrying him. What would stop him from doing it with other women when once married since they were just flings?
Great stuff - especially for someone raised in lancashire during the 1940s and 50s- wilfred and billie and the whole cast and production were superb and perfect - this was a peak. of the art - thanks very much.
As a Southerner I can listen to that Northern banter all day long, pure poetry
Loved it! Thank you ❤
Really enjoyed this one. How times have changed. This play is set before women had the vote but not much had changed in 1965 . When this play was first broadcast it was still social anathema to be an unmarried mother. Now if you look at the notices of forthcoming marriages you won’t find any couple who don’t live at the same address, it would be like finding a hen’s tooth.
Very enjoyable weekend listening 👏
Exceptional play. Positively Shakespearean. Thank you so much !
Thank you, a really good play
I really enjoyed this. Don't miss. More please 👏😀
Brilliant ❤🎉😊
Hindle Wakes by Stanley Houghton with and Produced by ALFRED BRADLEY
Broadcast on May 22. 1965
Nathaniel Jeffcote: Wilfred Pickles
Fanny Hawthorn: Billie Whitelaw
Christopher Hawthorn: Bert Palmer
Mrs Hawthorn: Mary Quinn
Mrs Jeffcote: Katfierine Parr
Alan Jeffcote: Brian Peck
Sir Timothy Farrar: Peter Schofield
Beatrice Farrar: Pamela Craig
Ada: Veronica Doran
Really convincing interpretation of the original.....and for the time, shocking... drama regarding a "dirty weekend" involving a rich factory owner's son and the factory worker's daughter, with a surprising denouement. Features Billie Whitelaw, Wilfred (Have A Go) Pickles and stalwarts, Katherine Parr (no not that one) and Bert Palmer.
Anything w Billie Whitelaw... that’s my rule of thumb.
Nice to hear the late Wilfred Pickles showing once again what a great radio actor he really was
Billy Whitelaw my favourite actress!
Brilliant
Interesting to see the changes in society's moral code since this play was written in about 1910, it is astonishing. Nowadays it seems that everything is acceptable, even applauded.
You seem to be nostalgic for those times. Perhaps you'd like to go even farther back when women were actually property. Or deny their votes.
The film, 1952 version, is excellent.
There’s a good film of this
Love the Yorkish talk
More interested in the shame it would bring on the family than anything else.
Good story
Landidno?
Llandudno
@@MOGGS1942 Gorgeous place..... or at least it was some years ago :):)
It was nice to hear regional accents rather than the usual Saturday Night Theatre middle class accents.There was some very nice acting although a bit static.A very enjoyable play although the attitudes were very annoying,one thing that did surprise was the reference to Fanny earning 75 Bob a week a vast some for the time,I remember earning 21 Bob a week in the 60,s..
What a convoluted but throughly delightful drama! Fanny was a woman of muddled character and scruples! Loose sexually on the one hand, but full of integrity on the other while ALL of the other characters were morally circumspect but altogether without integrity on the other hand!
Very strange ideas these people have about love. How could any of them trust one another. To be married to a man who proved his love by sleeping with another woman, and she overlooking it and consider marrying him. What would stop him from doing it with other women when once married since they were just flings?
Although I agree...Life is messy, and I am just old enough to see it everywhere around me!
Hard to understand the gentleman!