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| After A Manner - Finding G H Vallins | ...In 2002, the late DON TAYLOR presented a programme on Radio 4 about the poet and parodist GH Vallins. The audience response to that programme yielded the information that Vallins had published more work than Taylor had realised.... |
| Ballet Shoes | ...By Noel Streatfeild, adapted in five parts by Ellen Dryden. Great Uncle Matthew is always bringing Sylvia strange and exotic finds from his archaeological expeditions, but nobody could ever have expected that he would send her not one but three babies. With Rosemary Leach, Alexandra Mathie and John Ringham. Director: DON TAYLOR ... |
| Confessions Of A Justified Sinner [serial] | ...By James Hogg, dramatised in three parts by DON TAYLOR.... |
| Decameron | ...By Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Jonathan Dryden Taylor, adapted in three parts by DON TAYLOR. 1: In 14th-century Florence, ten young aristocrats escape to the country to avoid the Black Death. To pass the time of their exile, they tell each other stories. With Roger Allam as Boccaccio, Rebecca Front as Pampinea, and John Grillo as Bernabo. Director DON TAYLOR. With Emilia Fox, David Threlfall and Brigit Forsyth ... |
| Don Quixote, By Thomas D'urfey | ...DON TAYLOR's radio adaptation of a play based on Cervantes's classic picaresque novel, commissioned to mark the 300th anniversary of Purcell's death in 1995. The play, with music by Purcell, Eccles and others, was first performed in 1694.... |
| Dreaming Woman, The | ...By DON TAYLOR. When David, a young schoolteacher, is asked to speak to Helen, who has suffered a personal tragedy, a story emerges which changes the relationship between them and becomes part of the development of a great ENGLISH writer. With Ian Dunn, Kate Copeland and Abigail Thaw. Director DON TAYLOR ... |
| Flee As A Bird To The Mountain | ...By DON TAYLOR. A group of male friends in their sixties revive the schoolboy New Orleans Jazz band that expressed their purist youthful idealism. Youth and its high ideals have a brief musical re-flowering, until tragedy strikes. Has their time has finally passed? Dave....Jack Shepherd Colin....Philip Jackson Derek....Trevor Cooper Dick....Thomas Arnold Bob....Philip Joseph Jenny....Elizabeth Bell Chris....Martin Hyder Music by Bob Dwyers Hot Six Directed by Peter Kavanagh ... |
| Ghost Of Thomas Kempe, The | ...... |
| Kill The Cameraman First | ...When a man ends up in a strange war-torn city, he embarks on a quest for The Truth. Written and directed by the late DON TAYLOR.... |
| Losing Rosalind | ...By Ellen Dryden. When Edmund decides to bring all the friends and lovers of his youth together for an early-retirement party, he has no idea how dangerous it might be. How will his three wives cope when they meet each other? How will his son react? And can the romantic memories of his 20s survive now that he is in his 50s? With Michael Pennington, Eleanor Bron and Joanne Pearce. Director: DON TAYLOR ... |
| Lynthwaite Ladies | ...First in a three-part comedy drama by Julia Jones. Timid Dawn Butterworth is tyrannised by her tight-fisted bully of a father. And she is not fat - just well-covered. Maybe the local ladies' bowling club can offer escape? With Bernard Cribbins and Sue Devaney. Director DON TAYLOR ... |
| Moliere, Or The League Of Hypocrites | ...Written in 1929, but never performed in the author's lifetime, Bulgakov's play dramatises the last days of France's great comic writer as he is persecuted by the corrupt churchmen his plays have satirised. Michael Pennington (Moliere), Isla Blair (Madeleine), Anton Lesser (Louis XIV), Charles Kay (Charron), Daniel Betts (Moirron), John Grillo (Bouton), Struan Rodger (One-Eye), Barnaby Kay (Lagrange), Frances Grey (Armande), Jonathan Newth (Brother Faith), John Normington (Brother Strength), Abigail Thaw (Mariette/Masked Woman), John Baddeley (Just Shoemaker). Director DON TAYLOR ... |
| Music At Night | ...By DON TAYLOR Living alone in his Norfolk cottage, the Man has got into the habit of walking after dark. But one night he hears music, a solo violin, coming from a remote cottage. He has to investigate. Man....Timothy West Violinist....John Wood Cleaner....Patience Tomlinson Policeman....Benedict Martin Directed by Ellen Dryden ... |
| Nice Little Trip To Spain, A | ...by.... DON TAYLOR... |
| On This Shaven Green | ...By DON TAYLOR. A couple who have been married many years sit on a vast lawn in their garden, enjoying the perfect sunshine. But someone or something disturbs their enjoyment. An idyllic summer's day in a perfect ENGLISH garden. Hot sun, good food, fine wine and nothing to do but enjoy it. But what is lurking below this untroubled surface? Man....John Wood Woman....Barbara Jefford Stranger....Edward Petherbridge Directed by Ellen Dryden.... |
| Other People's Voices | ...DON TAYLOR shares his lifelong passion for the poetic parodies of G H Vallins. With readings by Michael Pennington.... |
| Poetry Please | ...DON TAYLOR introduces the story of the poet Andrew Marvells two years in literary seclusion, at Nunappleton House in YORKshire, with the retired Lord General of the New Model Army, Sir Thomas Fairfax. Marvell....Anton Lesser Fairfax....Edward Petherbridge Directed by Ellen Dryden.... |
| Rites Of Passage [drama] | ...By William Golding, adapted for radio by DON TAYLOR. In the cramped cabins and small saloon of an 1812 man-of-war on the long journey to Australia, young aristocrat Edmund Talbot begins a journal. With Samuel West, Simon Russell Beale and Kenneth Haigh ... |
| Rose And The Ring, The | ...By William Makespeace Thackeray, adapted for radio by Ellen Dryden. Rome 1853. Unable to find any Christmas entertainment for the children in his charge, Thackeray invents his own fireside pantomime to keep them amused: a story of two kingdoms, two kings and two princesses, lions, magic, battles, a rose and a ring. With Prunella Scales and Maureen Lipman. Director DON TAYLOR. / By William Makepeace Thackeray, adapted for radio by Ellen Dryden. Prince Bulbo faces execution, Prince Giglio is on the run, Betsinda's true identity remains undiscovered, and King Valoroso's breakfast is getting cold. Meanwhile, Countess Gruffanuff and Fairy Blackstick have plans of their own for the four young lovers. With Prunella Scales and Maureen Lipman ... |
| Seafarer, The | ...By DON TAYLOR, based on an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poem. A Saxon lord appears on the bleak north-east coast seeking the mysterious Seafarer, who may be his long-lost brother. But how is the wanderer to be found, and what condemns him to spend his whole life at sea? With Bob Peck, Oliver Ford Davies and Michael N Harbour. Director DON TAYLOR ... |
| Servant's Room, The | ...Written and directed by DON TAYLOR. Walls have secrets, and when Adam and Belinda find a small cupboard plastered over in the attic room of their new house, they discover the story of what happened in the servant's room - or they think they do... With Michael Jenn, Catherine Russell and Cheryl Campbell. Director DON TAYLOR ... |
| Underworld [drama] | ...An out of work advertising copywriter is escorted around the Underworld by the poet Milton. A 1994 play written by DON TAYLOR.... |
| Visitation, A | ...By DON TAYLOR. Victor is ashamed of an event in his past life. But when that event takes human form, he is forced to re-examine everything - even his shame. With John Wood, Julian Glover and Prunella Scales. Director: DON TAYLOR... |
| Walking To Africa | ...Arthur has always been difficult. When he smilingly begins to destroy everything he has ever owned, neither his neighbours nor his granddaughter have the faintest idea why. With Roy Hudd and Rudolph Walker. Written and directed by DON TAYLOR ... |
| Where Three Roads Meet | ...Written & directed by DON TAYLOR... |