An appeal on behalf of the LONDON CHILDREN'S GARDENS FUND, by NOVA PILBEAM and JOHN WIGGINS
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed].

by J. M. Barrie
Characters in order of speaking (By permission of London Film Productions Ltd.) (By permission of Gaumont-British Picture Corporation Ltd.)
The play adapted for broadcasting and produced by Val Gielgud
Not the least brilliant thing about Dear Brutus is the delightful and characteristic way in which Sir James Barrie wrote his stage directions, and these, by an inspiration of Val Gielgud 's, are not to be lost in the broadcast, for they are to be spoken by Lewis Casson.
The character of Lob is the pivot of the play. Whether he is fairy or mortal listeners may decide. It is said by the villagers that they remember him seventy years ago looking just as he does today. Is he Robin Goodfellow living on in Barrie's Midsummer Night's Dream? The part is to be taken by Richard Goolden , the 'little man', who almost suggests Lob. He played it, by the way, at Oxford with Fagen's Oxford Players, and incidentally, Val Gielgud played Dearth.
The part of Margaret has been portrayed by many charming actresses -Faith Celli (the original), Meggie Albanesi , Mary Casson , and Peggy Ashcroft. Now listeners are to hear Nova Pilbeam in this part of the delightful ' dream-child '. Listeners may remember her performance in Barrie's Peter Pan two years ago.
An article on the play, by Guy Fletcher , will be found on page 18.
' Dear Brutus ' will be repeated in the Regional programme tomorrow at 7.30

by J. M. Barrie
Characters in order of speaking (By permission of London Film Productions Ltd.) (By permission of Claud Jenkins of Daly's Theatre) (By permission of Gaumont-British Picture Corporation Ltd.)
The play adapted for broadcasting and produced by Val Gielgud
See the article by Guy Fletcher on page 18
'Dear Brutus' was broadcast last night in the National programme

Some views of the lovely gardens at Pinewood, where director Alfred Hitchcock will probably be found discussing his new script with his leading lady, Nova Pilbeam.

' The Director's Job '
Alfred Hitchcock
Cinema-goers are becoming familiar with the names of directors and look out for the films made by those whose work they have learnt to enjoy. But what exactly is the director's job? Tonight listeners are to hear just what it is from one of the most distinguished British directors.
Alfred Hitchcock made his name in the silent days with The Lodger, and has gone from success to success since the days of the talk.ies. Many listeners will have seen some of his earlier productions, among them Blackmail, Juno and the Paycock, and The Skin Game. In the last few years The Thirty-Nine Steps, Secret Agent, and Sabotage have shown the skill and maturity of his art. He has just finished a picture, probably to be called The Girl Was Young, star-ring Nova Pilbeam.

A play in three acts by J. M. Barrie , adapted for broadcasting and produced by Cyril Wood
Cast in the order in which they are heard
(hy permission of H. M. Tennenl ,
(by permission of Gaumont-Briush
Picture Corporation, Ltd.)
The action of the play, which covers a period of over thirty years, passes between a small manor house in Sussex, and an island in the Outer
Hebrides
Act I
The Home of the Morlands-Sussex
Scene 1-As it was in 1919 Scene 2-As it used to be in 1889 Act 2
The Island-in the Outer Hebrides
-about four years later-1893
Act 3
The Home of the Morlands-Sussex
Scene I-As it used to be in 1914 Scene 2-As it was in 1919 (Regional)
' Mary Rose ' will be broadcast again
(Tuesday National, 6.30).

A play in three acts by J. M. Barrie

A play in three acts by J. M. Barrie , adapted for broadcasting and produced by Cyril Wood
Cast in the order in which they are heard
(by permission of H. M. Tennent, Ltd.)
(by permission of Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, Ltd.)
The action of the play, which covers a period of over thirty years, passes between a small manor house in Sussex, and an island in the Outer Hebrides
Act 1
The Home of the Morlands - Sussex
Scene 1 - As it was in 1919 Scene 2 - As it used to be in 1889 Act 2
The Island - in the Outer Hebrides - about four years later - 1893
Act 3 The Home of the Morlands - Sussex Scene 1 - As it used to be in 1914 Scene 2 - As it was in 1919
See the article by S. R. Littlewood on page 8
'Mary Rose' will be broadcast again on Tuesday (National, 6.30)

A Play in three acts by J.M. Barrie adapted for broadcasting and produced by Cyril Wood
[Starring] Nova Pilbeam and Griffith Jones
Characters in the order in which they are heard: [see below]
The action of the play, which covers a period of over thirty years, passes between a small manor house in Sussex and an Island in the Outer Hebrides

Act 1, The Home of the Morlands - Sussex
Scene 1, As it was in 1919
Scene 2, As it used to be in 1889

Act 2, The Island - in the Outer Hebrides
About four years later - 1893

Act 3, The Home of the Morlands - Sussex
Scene 1, As it used to be in 1914
Scene 2, As it was in 1919

In May, 1937, the first full-length play by Barrie was heard on the air, and most listeners agreed that Dear Brutus might have been written for broadcasting. As his second full-length play to be broadcast belongs to the same fairy genre, the same verdict may be given for Mary Rose, because both these plays depend so largely on atmosphere - a thing which radio conveys superbly.

The story of Mary Rose is told in an article on page 8 by S.R. Littlewood, who was present at the first night at the Haymarket, on April 22, 1920. The best news for listeners is that Nova Pilbeam, who gave such a beautiful performance on the air as Margaret, of the Might Have Been, is to broadcast as Mary Rose, of the Timeless Land. She should be as lovely on the air as Fay Compton was in the theatre eighteen years ago when at the end of the play she floated out like a spirit into the stars.

The only member of the radio cast who was in the original theatre production is Jean Cadell, who gave a memorable performance - of the shivering caretaker of the deserted house - the part she is to take tonight. A. Bromley Davenport broadcast as Mr. Coade in Dear Brutus.

('Mary Rose' was broadcast in the Regional programme on Sunday)

A Tragi-Comedy of Youth by Peggy Barwell.
Adapted from a play by Gina Kaul and Otto Edgar Eis, from an idea by Hilde Koveloff.
[Starring] Nova Pilbeam
"Prison Without Bars" was one of the most successful French films ever shown in this country. So successful indeed that an English version of it was made with the famous Corinne Luchaire in her original part. During the making of this film she appeared in 'Picture Page'.
Nova Pilbeam, who will take Corinne Luchaire's part, makes her first television appearance.
"Prison Without Bars" tells the story of a girls' reformatory and what happens when a new superintendent comes to change the harshness of the old regime. Jill Esmond is playing this part, and Sebastian Shaw that of the young doctor with whom Nova Pilbeam, as one of the reformatory's occupants, falls is love.

To be repeated on Tuesday, August 8
(to 22.25)

A tragi-comedy of youth by Peggy Barwell.
Adapted from a play by Gina Kaus and Otto Edgar Eis, from an idea by Hilde Koveloff.
with Nova Pilbeam, Sebastian Shaw, Jill Esmond, Margaret Yarde and Margaret Dulac, Shelagh Furley, Eleanor Hallam, Ann Morrison, Ethel Ramsay, Sylvia Saetre, Jean Shepeard, Merle Tottenham, Selma Vaz Dias.
(to 16.25)

with Nova Pilbeam as Juliet
Alec Guinness as Romeo
also the Nurse, Mercutio, and Benvolio
Produced and arranged by Barbara Burnham
For the first time in this wartime series of scenes from great plays a star actor and actress have been engaged for the leads, and in no play ever written are the right players for the parts more essential than in Romeo and Juliet. They need not be stars: in fact it has been said of Juliet that no actress can have the emotional experience to play the part until she is too old. That is cynical. Like Romeo, she must be young. These tragic lovers of all time must be ideal. On the stage they must look the parts as well as be able to speak them. On the air they must get over by their voices.
As listeners know, no one has a lovelier or more expressive voice on the air than Nova Pilbeam. Her Margaret, the dream child, in Barrie's "Dear Brutus" was as admirable as her Mary Rose. She is not yet twenty. At twelve years of age she made her debut as a child actress as Marigold in "Toad of Toad Hall". At sixteen she played Peter Pan. And she had already made her name in films - "Little Friend" and "The Man who Knew Too Much". Who so young could be better cast for Juliet?
In Alec Guinness, she is to broadcast opposite one of the best of our younger actors. Many listeners must have seen him as Hamlet at the Old Vic in their modern-dress production. Still more will have heard him broadcasting in the part of Konstantin in "The Seagull" four months ago.

in a shortened version of the play by J. M. Barrie
Cast
Production by Barbara Burnham
The play covers a period of over thirty years. It opens in a small manor house in Sussex, passes to an island in the Hebrides, and back to the house again.

Nova Pilbeam has been invited to the studio where Charles Maxwell presents her with seven wishes that all come true. Programme also includes the recorded voices of other stars of stage and screen. Devised and written by Harry Alan Towers. (Special

Almost a ghost story, written and told by James Dyrenforth.

Radio adaptation of the film The Next of Kin ', produced for the War Office by Michael Balcon at the Ealing Studios, and directed by Thorold Dickinson. Part of the incidental music specially written for the him by William Walton is used. Cast includes Nova Pilbeam ,
Phyllis Stanley , Reginald Tate ,
Stephen Murray , Guy Guy-Mas , and members of the BBC Drama Repertory
Companies. Radio adaptation and production by Cecil McGivem -

Radio adaptation of the film, produced for the War Office by Michael . Balcon at the Ealing Studios, and directed by Thorold Dickinson. Scenario by Angus McPhail , John Dighton , Basil Bartlett and Thorold Dickinson. Part of the incidental music specially written for the film by William Walton is used. Cast includes Nova Pilbeam , Phyllis Stanley , Mervyn Johns , Reginald Tate , Stephen Murray , Guy Guy -Mas, and members of the BBC Drama.Repertory Companies. Radio adaptation and production by Cecil McGivern.
The Army had this film made to show to soldiers, as a warning against the dangers of careless talk. It applies equally to you, the public, who share with the Army many of the responsibilities of War.

4.15 ' He that Saveth his Life' by Godfrey Heseltine , produced by Hugh Stewart
4.45 Golden Wedding' by J. W. S. Clare , produced by Hugh Stewart

Almost a ghost story, written and told by James Dyrenforth. Music by Kenneth Leslie-Smith . Produced by Corporal Gordon Crier
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. (BBC recording, previously broadcast on December 30, 1941, and March 10, 1942)

New play specially written for radio by Emery Bonett , with music selected by Cynthia Pughe. Produced by Val Gielgud