The Hampdenshire Wonder - J. D. Beresford - BBC Saturday Night Theatre

[@RJ-lk6qn]

Was searching for mirder mystery and clicked on this. Couldn’t stop listening till the end. So thought provoking.

[@dianakalac7749]

We are all gifted with “Natural Talents”, but too often Spirits are Broken , then deeply buried. Only in “Dreams” are they remembered. “Understanding” is categorized in Intelligence & Emotional Intelligence. We are all Different, it is our Uniqueness that makes us Special.

[@ferberina]

An interesting and rather profound insight into the psychology of some men and the desire to eliminate anything that is different and challenges their understanding and beliefs.

[@elainephillips2540]

Lll

[@pv175]

Is it just me or is the audio choppy at times ?

[@michaelberg9656]

Audio is seriously messed up.

[@NannyOggins]

Ive met people like Victor and remember the way they can look into your soul with a wise, steady stare. I think that’s what makes some people dislike them, they don’t want to be known that well, guilt perhaps! A wonderful story, not the formulaic stuff so often churned out today.

[@JoanneLewis-hg6he]

Thank F..K the church doesn't have the same strangle hold on people as it did previously

[@weatherman68]

Thanks for sharing. We're really enjoying this radio play. Respect for your hard work and devotion. 👍🏾✌🏾

[@davelawday6609]

A brilliant drama. with many questions left unanswered.. top notch.. thank you kind regards Dave 👍

[@karencuthbert5668]

Enjoyed this play. So glad children born today like Victor are not prejudiced against like he was. Thank you.

[@Stormlucy111]

Brilliant! The torrid insistence of society upon conformity

[@nicholasgill5575]

A fascinating finely acted play. I was reminded of John Wyndham's Midwitch Cuckoos but this goes into things more deeply...a remarkable play.

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

Was anyone else's sound distorted?

[@childoftheuniverse2644]

Amazing story that proves the stupidity is the most destructive thing.

[@mckavitt13]

Worse is the combination of ignorance & proud of it.

[@trishtraynor1237]

I'm autistic. This made me feel unsettled as I remembered being trotted out as some sort of novelty child. Knowing stuff isn't a mark of intelligence it's just knowing stuff.

[@Failte630]

Yes, this child was far beyond just knowing stuff, as his conversation with the Magistrate proved after coming almost to the end of Encyclopaedia Britannia . "Is this all?" he ask. And went on to talk about the inner life and the essence of things, the meaning of life. Thankfully many societies today are more open to embracing difference but there are always those whose fears of uncertainty paralyse them. When I was growing up I used to ask a lot of un-welcomed questions about the religion I was being taught and came to understand that it was best not to try to ask for reason and/or logic from people who had not been raised to have an original idea, but were brain washed. So I kept on reading and learning and thankfully met people eventually during the course of life who dared to question and discovere new things like I was doing. I'm still learning, listening, discovering. I don't always find the answers, but I can 'hold' the questions and wait to come to some form of acceptance that for now I'll have to wait. Maybe those who come after me will find satisfactory results. But there will always be uncertainty, difference, questions etc as we are an evolving consciousness. There will never be an end to learning.

[@saltysailor141]

Did you have any particular highly skilled areas with your autism? I have it and am a whizz with numbers and counts

[@donnambosco9948]

Absolutely and astoundingly eloquent rendering of "a tune beyond us, yet ourselves."!

[@Sethnpep]

Interesting background in Wikipedia, to the original 1911 novel by J. D Beresford. A wonderful thought-provoking play, thank you.

[@carolewilson1311]

I agree

[@lisagahan6512]

What a wonderful, thought provoking play, loved it, thank you for uploading ❤

[@helenlauer9545]

Fantastically played; wonderful script.

[@stephanieandrews9078]

Was enjoying this play but the dialogue kept jumbling making it hard to follow sometimes. Did anybody else experience this?

[@dubinatub1]

Enjoyed very much

[@alexandracolmant9983]

Wonderful!

[@olivemd]

I enjoyed this play. Made one think.

[@jimmybullardful]

I am reminded of the film 'The Boy With Green Hair'.

[@martas9283]

Way ahead of his time, J.D Beresford

[@kimbykimbers3750]

I so enjoyed this story! Thank You 💐

[@msvoyeur]

Wonderful story 😊

[@lauralaladarling3775]

Thank you so much for this radio adapted play. I do feel quite ill that the little special, genius boy was murdered, most horrifically, by that ghastly evil Rector who ultimately murdered both the mother and her little son who she adored. I know it's a story but the actors were so believable and well played it was very affecting. Xxxx

[@anaderol5408]

So you felt the uncontrollable urge to divulge to all and sundry both the crime and who did it. You must be a really fun person to know. You are correct the actors are very good and anybody who reads your comment before listening would have enjoyed the story so much more without you bursting the balloon. Bet you always have a hatpin handy .... just in case. Do future listeners a favour and edit your comment or change your name to Karen.

[@paulramsey8187]

Even more true is the fact that murders like that have played out on a world wide scale. All in the name of perpetual ignorance.

[@paulramsey8187]

@@anaderol5408 and yourself seem the type to only read a book or see a film based on how others review it. Next time try and dive in first, without the approval you seek from persons whom you dont even know.

[@anaderol5408]

@@paulramsey8187 I can't remember whether I read the comments for this book before or after I listened to the book. Nonetheless it is unnecessary to divulge the plot. The benefit of comments may be in relation to the style of narration, or writing. Often such comments can be useful. If they were not useful then the platoons of book / film / play etc reviewers would cease to exist. they exist because people enjoy their reviews. Whether one takes heed of such reviews is a matter of personal choice. However, divulging the complete plot is never appropriate.

[@mikehobart]

Um .... spoilers??

[@michaelberg9656]

Thanks for putting this up but you shluld check the audio for issues before doing so.

[@pamelamyers9613]

This Dad is so mean.

[@jeremypearson6852]

Very interesting and tragic story

[@paulwilson8932]

What a superb story. Written in 1911. I am sure John Wyndham has been influenced - Chocky and Midwitch Cuckoos. As well as Heinlein with 'Strangers in a strange land'.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes. Sadly , both are virtually forgotten today. What would they have thought about ' Strictly Come Dancing ' or ' I'm a Celebrity '....? ( I think we can guess ? Although even in their wildest imagination they may not have foreseen just how low our standards would fall )

[@andibowe6890]

Thank you! I could read at 3 and can still remember even my thots at that age and could see from 3 points of view at once and my 5 children & 8 grandchildren are also very intelligent at early ages. I was born when my mom was 40 & my youngest was born when I was 43. On her first birthday she came to me and said her first complete sentence. "Mom I can walk now & I can talk.i am a big girl and I am going with them" (her 3 older sisters). My daughters fulfilled many prophecies of many tribes and are goddesses and angels

[@blixten2928]

Interesting. In the end, the intellect of the "Polynesian savage" is to be preferred to that of advanced, absolute wisdom; the latter has no more questions.

[@gregstewart6429]

Lots of jumps and glitches

[@jwsuicides8095]

We're lucky to have these recordings. The BBC is negligent of its past catalogue.

[@TimTylerCine]

Too many audio skips and glitches. Very distracting.

[@ruthbrown5235]

Listen then read comments. Because some idiot is going to give the story away. Honestly people. 😊

[@4windrush]

Too late 😢

[@jwsuicides8095]

A true tragedy.

[@gregstewart6429]

Don't know how much more of this one can take......

[@shantibel]

Very disturbing.

[@gregstewart6429]

28:30 -29:30 This is pretty vile and much of the preceeding lines are too. Much the same after sadly but not uploaders problem in truth

[@debbiesunlight7047]

Why do you think this

[@jeffdixon5853]

That was the point.

[@gregstewart6429]

@@debbiesunlight7047 I'm not entirely sure. It affected me in a negative way.

[@cruisepaige]

I agree. I’m on 11 minutes and I’m going to leave.

[@MarilynMayer-cd5qk]

Moving.

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

How looking to handle the boy's intended care, and final end takes me back to the church that controlled people and brutally killed millions who looked differently at what they were trying to make people conform to. I would hate to be one of them and stand before God in His judgment and try to explain to Him why they did what they did. It was Christian believers who endured the torture and death. Yes, Muslims were included. I don't think, as one person mentioned that this story reminded them of The Boy With the Green Hair, could even be the same. He was a boy who had a problem associated with handling the stress of World Was II.

[@rosebud3971]

😎😎😎

[@netwitchtatjana4661]

so sad

[@jturtle5318]

Did Brits really refer to children as "it" in normal conversation, or only if they're neurodivergent?

[@carolynnilsen9270]

We do not refer to our children as it - of course not !

[@jturtle5318]

@@carolynnilsen9270 just trying to see if this was cultural or idiosyncratic. Thank you.

[@4windrush]

This was written in 1911. I'm sure at that time, no matter what nationality, people had unsympathetic language for those who were considered "different"

[@perryhocking9134]

​​@@jturtle5318I think the passengers on the train used 'it', because the baby (being entirely bald) wasn't unambiguously 'he' or 'she', so they were hedging their bets. Perhaps in the early 1900s it was considered rude to ask a stranger, the gender of their child? I think that later in the play, the child is consistently referred to as a boy...

[@georginacolwell7971]

Couldn't listen, the sound isn't good enough

[@ricklenarduzzi549]

000

[@valeriejohnson5283]

How sad that a young child can turn a grown "religious" man into a murderer because the child had different views. I was enjoying the drama until they found the boy drowned.😢

[@jilliran]

Thanks for the spoiler. I’ve stopped listening now!

[@muftydog]

@@jilliran Don't read the comments before listening.I do it as i can't help myself but it's daft really lol

[@jilliran]

@@muftydog I’m so glad I did. I don’t want to listen to such sadness. There’s enough out there now.

[@Lakeslover1]

I won’t carry on listening, it’s rather depressing.

[@4windrush]

You bloody well spoilt it for me now