ELISE

[RADIO-SCRIPT]

[The Times] “…a study in macabre...”

[press release] “…one of the very few striking radio plays to have come out of

Europe during the past several years… The play was described by the Manchester

Guardian as ‘a study in macabre that proved exceptionally natural and attractive,

even in these times of an all-around high-level of performance’...”

[PROGRAM INFORMATION]

ORIGINATION:

Home Service (BBC Home Service), WJZ, New York City, New

York (NBC BLUE).

DURATION:

February 7, 1940 and August 15, 1942 (Home Service), June 29,

1940 (WJZ).

PERSONNEL:

Arthur Hanns (director—1940,The RadioGuild), D. O. W.

Harris (scriptwriter), T. Rowland Hughes (producer—1940, BBC).

EXTANT RECORDINGS:

None.

[PROGRAM LOG]

(HOME SERVICE)

[Wednesday—10:00-10:30 PM]

February 7, 1940“Elise”

CAST: D. Cliff Davies, D. O. W. Harris, Lyn Joshua, Vera

Meazey, Arthur Phillips, Philip Phillips.

THE RADIO GUILD (WJZ, NEW YORK)

[Saturday—8:00-8:30 PM]

June 29, 1940“Elise”

[“…’macabre yet attractive’ according to advance notices…

It’s from England with a Paris background of love among the

artists of another day…”]

(HOME SERVICE)

[Saturday—10:30-11:00 PM]

August 15, 1942“Elise”