AFTER THE BREAK OF DAY

[RADIO-SCRIPT]

A romantic ghost story that takes its protagonist back into his own haunted and tragic past,

written by William Abney…

“'You are invited to a Fancy Dress Party at Measham House. Do come if you can. Masks will be

worn until midnight.”

[CHRONOLOGY]
(RADIO 4)
[Saturday—2:00-3:00 PM]

April 29, 1972After the Break of Day

[“…Steve gets an invitation to a fancy dress ball at a country house he

doesn’t know. Everyone seems to know him when he gets there,

especially a girl called Rose. Memories gradually come back to him and

he takes them for granted. He arranges to return to London with Rose

but against her wishes leaves her at the house while he goes to get some

petrol from the farm pump. He finds the pump rusted. A bad

thunderstorm has started and he cannot find his way back to the house

so he sleeps in the car. In the morning, he calls at a cottage to ask the

way, only to find that the house had burned down during a great storm 41

years ago and everyone at the party had died.

PERSONNEL:

William Abney (scriptwriter), Bridget Marrow (producer).

CAST:

Betty Baskomb (Mrs. Parsons), Geoffrey Beevers, Carole Boyd (Rene),

William Fox (Andrew), David Gooderson (Jimmy McNeil), Sheila Grant (Mrs.

Forsdyke), Leslie Heritage, Michael McClain (Steven Miller), S. Clifford Norgate

(Robert), Alexa Romanes (Rose), Peter Tuddenham (Ben Loker), Pauline Wynn

(Mary Loker).