H G. Wells The First Men In The Moon
SANWAL
Saturday-Night Theatre Sat 17th Jan 1981, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells dramatised for radio by Terry James with Hywel Bennett as Bedford and William Rushton as Cavor. July 1900: as a result of discovering a substance that defies gravity. Cavor, an idealistic man of science, finds himself with Bedford, a likeable young opportunist, in a sphere heading for the moon.... Directed by Glyn Dearman Bedford: Hywel Bennett Cavor: William Rushton Wendigee: David March Phi-oo: Paul Rosebury Grand Lunar: Stephen Garlick Spargus: Malcolm Gerard Quaid: David McAlister
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
Chapters
| The First Men In The Moon | 1:27:29 |
Reviews
Imperial!
Quatermax
I heard and recorded this radio play when it was first broadcast in 1981. Sadly that overplayed cassette tape is long gone so I was delighted to find it here. This particular broadcast marked the first in a series of Saturday Night Sci Fi BBC Radio Dramas and even warranted a full colour cover on that week's cover of the Radio Times. The subsequent dramas were A Fall of Moondust (Arthur C. Clarke) and The Chrysalids (John Wyndham). This dramatisation always delighted with fine characterisations by Messrs. Bennett and Rushton (who was known primarily as a comedian) and is remarkably faithful to the book. I highly recommend it.