Noel Coward The Vortex - Kostenloses Hörbuch

Saturday-Night Theatre: The Vortex

Sat 18th Nov 1967, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Noel Coward

'We swirl about in a vortex of beastliness - this is a chance, don't you see, to realise the truth - our only chance.'

Pianist:…….Wilfrid Parry

Production:……H.B. Fortuin

Preston, the maid:……Betty Hardy

Helen Saville:…..Margaret Robertson

Pauncefoot Quentin (Pawnie):……Rolf Lefebvre

Clara Hibbert:…..Marjorie Westbury

Florence Lancaster:……Joan Greenwood

Tom Veryan:…..Anthony Jackson

Nicky Lancaster:…..Richard Briers

David Lancaster:…..Duncan McIntyre

Bunty Mainwaring:…..Alexa Romanes

Bruce Fairlight:…..Alan Dudley

The Vortex: Coward explores the darker side of the Cocktail Party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was more usually turned towards towards the light.