Foolish Gentlewoman - BBC Saturday Night Theater - Margery Sharp

Clara Margery Melita Sharp was an English author of 25 novels for adults, 14 children's novels, four plays, two mysteries, and numerous short stories.
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Her best known work is The Rescuers series about two mice named Bernard and Miss Bianca, which was later adapted in two animated feature films - The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under - by Disney.
Saturday Night Theatre was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4. The strand showcased feature-length, middle-brow single plays on Saturday evenings for more than 50 years, having been launched in April 1943. The plays featured in the strand included stage plays, book adaptations and original dramatisations. For most of its history, programmes ran for 90 minutes and were largely entertainment-centred, such as thrillers, comedies and mysteries.
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[@hermajesty52]

what a beautiful story!! on so many levels. And Isabel is so correct when she points out that people do not 'put up with' relatives anymore because they haven't been taught to. Pity that. How much better off everyone would be if they surrounded friends and family with a warm blanket of acceptance and love. It is a very lonely cold world out there for most people.

[@louisbrugnoni1291]

Nice comment!

[@natasharosetarrant]

Sadly your so right. Take care

[@maisiesummerfield265]

I am with Quentin Crisp on this one, relatives should not overstay their welcome and like fish go off after three days. Not sure if he borrowed this from someone else but I certainly agree with him - thankfully you can select friends but sadly landed with relatives

[@lesallison9047]

✌♥️🇬🇧

[@louisbrugnoni1291]

Forget Downton Abbey. Listening to this makes me feel like I’m there! ❤️

[@carolynnwillis8077]

I thoroughly enjoy these old plays from BBC Saturday Night Theatre, so thank you very much for sharing this one,

[@louiseskip3488]

One of the best plays I heard in ages.

[@gjones9409]

A lighthearted play with no deaths! Lovely change👌

[@mavisemberson8737]

Thanks. I read Margery Sharp novels years ago. Even Miss Bianca and Bernard. as a librarian ,of course :-)

[@christinethornhill]

This has so much of the dramatics in it , fairly wore me to a frazzle ! Couldn’t help but keep on listening, it’s so far distant from how we speak together nowadays. Ah , how they lived back then 🧐

[@jwsuicides8095]

That was a delight. Thank you very much.

[@mrscpc1918]

Another great joy ! How lucky we are to have these provided for us. And Mary Winbush too ! Thankyou very much

[@deborahrobertson8606]

Absolutely wonderful, thank you.

[@mariebotha4478]

Living a selfless life....that iscwhat I believe we are called to do. ❤

[@janetbarkwith]

Lovely!

[@jlb9368]

Charming, charming, charming - loved every second of it! So deliciously British!

[@Swimkid1]

Many thanks X

[@vizveebee]

If only there was still such brilliant writing as this.

[@lizadams2263]

I wonder if any of sharp's other books has been dramatized. They're always entertaining.

[@elizabethbrown3447]

Absolutely brilliant

[@marilyntruscott6395]

Wonderful Story

[@maxhatman3218]

Thanks for making this available - .well worth listening loosening.

[@Lakeslover1]

Excellent play 😀

[@TedaR]

Always a pleasure. Thank you

[@davidskeeterskeeter1835]

So happy I subscribed 😀👏👏👏🇬🇧

[@minzygreen1167]

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing. 🤗

[@tottiemae2258]

Shortly following the end of WWII, Isabel, a widow, finds herself struck with pangs of conscience. When she was a young woman during WWI, she deliberately interfered with the delivery of a letter meant for someone else. Now she feels she must confess and do what she can to repair the damage.

[@Dawghome]

tottie mae, thank you, now I can lay back and relax.☺️😉

[@tottiemae2258]

@@Dawghome You're welcome. Happy relaxing! 😎

[@grimtt]

@tottie mae Another helpful synopsis, TM! Thx

[@tottiemae2258]

@@grimtt You're very welcome!

[@joansavage1857]

This was great! Many thanks....

[@cousinsister69]

A wonderful seemingly bit of nonsense but actually an insightful study of guilt, selfishness & attempts at making amends within the family.

[@tashuys]

Delightful

[@lavenderfields929]

These are just magic. So English. 🇦🇺

[@grimtt]

One in a series of “Sybil Thorndyke’s favorite” plays (as the grand dame Isabel).

[@harriettemacy7399]

Love this!!!

[@totoro9590]

Absolutely fabulous listening many thanks♥️ I love these plays 👏👏👏👏

[@thecrone7964]

A perfectly satisfactory unpleasant arrangement.

[@COLINBAIRD100]

Thanks

[@MrBazzabee]

Nice Play.

[@jameslappin5325]

That's a long description . Not one word of it told us what the story is about🤔

[@sandranaylor2348]

Dora is 56, she sounds more like 86

[@Lorena-qn3rg]

When 56 was 86 then lol

[@chicagogyrl4846]

All that and no quick synopsis??!

[@honeyfungus4774]

Not my cup of tea. Ruin someone's youth and then think it's possible to make amends decades later. No thank you.

[@thewordbtrue2461]

😊

[@totherightofthem7498]

I have 10 minutes left. Hope there is a twist.

[@andrewkendall7814]

So, did Tilly really love Mr MacGregor?

[@alealelucy]

Awful Isabel! Nothing can repair the bad of her doings!

[@olwens1368]

Dear God, how depressing- though well written and acted. I imagine a companion play, dealing with the forthcoming murder mystery about 5 years after those two start living together. Seriously- if they were supposed to be 'gels' in 1913, they would be about the age of my late grandparents, all of whom lived well into their 80s, and the thought of being shackled to someone like this for more than a quarter of a century is horrifying.

[@deborahrobertson8606]

Many women had to make a home together because an entire generation of men were slaughtered in the 1st World War. So many women lost their fiances or husbands or simply had no hope of finding a suitable man. Read Vera Britten's "A Testament of Youth" Her brother and his 2 best friends, one of which was her fiance all died. This carried on after the 2nd World War for the same reason.

[@strangetrip837]

An interesting study of the end of the entitled, middle class lifestyle, good bye 👍

[@burnettis1]

V😂

[@MsNetCat]

I don't really see why she's foolish.

[@lizadams2263]

It's meant satirically. Sharp was a great observer, and points out that sometimes a foolish seeming act is wise. But it takes a while for the rest of their circle to see it. But you saw it right off!

[@MsNetCat]

@@lizadams2263 thank you. i thought she was very insightful, yes!

[@gilllongano5360]

To veg

[@rosebud3971]

😉