The Silver King

After losing all his money gambling Wilfred Denver escapes to America – but will he strike it rich?

O God! Put back thy universe, and give me yesterday'.

The Silver Age, written by Henry Arthur Jones (1851 – 1929) and Henry Herman (1851 – 1929) in 1882, is one of the 19th century's great Victorian melodramas.

It stars Donald Wolfit as Wilfred Denver.

Cast in order of speaking:

Bilcher - Alan Lawrance

Ware - John Boxer

Tubbs - Joe Sterne

Jaikes - George Merritt

Denver - Donald Wolfit

Baxter - Peter Claughton

Corkett - John Hollis

Coombe - Leigh Crutchley

Skinner - Malcolm Hayes

Nelly - Rosalind Iden

Cripps - Alan Haines

Inspector - Kenneth Hyde

Susie - Lynn Carson

Olive - Nicolette Bernard

Footman - Gordon Gardner

Cissy - Isabel Rennie

Gaffer - Norman Wynne

Tabitha ....Lynn Carson

Music composed by Alan Paul.

Herman adapted for radio by Archie Campbell and Mitchell Raper.

Producer: R. D. Smith

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1964.

After losing his money, Wilfred Denver heads to America to seek his fortune.

After losing all his money gambling, Wilfred Denver escapes to America – but will he strike it rich? Stars Donald Wolfit.

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