THE BOX OF DELIGHTS

Once again The Box of Delights returned to Children’s Hour on the BBC Home Service. Once again it used the script of the first 1943 sdaptation by Robert Holland and John Keir Cross, and was produced once again by Josephine Plummer. Also many memmber of the 1943 cast returned to their roles, with Rosemary Davis and Dorothy Gordon returning from the 1948 production. Interestingly this production was tagged in the Radio Times magazine listings as "For Older Listeners".

The six parts were as follows -

Part 1 - The Beginning
5.00 PM Friday 18th November 1955

Part 2 - The Box
5.00 PM Friday 25th November 1955

Part 3 - Underground Adventure
5.00 PM Friday 2nd December 1955

Part 4 - Maria’s Adventure
5.00 PM Friday 9th December 1955

Part 5 - The Spider in the Web
5.00 PM Friday 16th December 1955

Part 6 - The End of it All
5.00 PM Friday 23rd December 1955

THE CAST
• Narrator - Norman Shelley *
• Cole Hawlings - Deering Wells
• Kay Harker - Patricia Hayes
• Peter Jones - William Simons
• Maria Jones - Dorothy Gordon **
• Jemima Jones - Marise Hepworth
• Caroline Louisa - Rosemary Davis **
• Ellen - Janet Morrison
• The Inspector - Dick Francis *
• Mouse - Charles Hawtry *
• Abner Brown - Robert Farquharson *
• Sylvia Pouncer - Gladys Young
• Chubby Man - Wilfred Babbage *
• Foxy Man - Gibb McLaughlin*
• Rat - Ernest Jay
• The Bronze Head/Rum Chops - Arthur Bush *

* - denotes a cast member from both previous productions returning to the role
** - denotes a cast member from the 1948 production returning to the role