The Linden Tree by J B PRIESTLEY

The Linden Tree by J B PRIESTLEY
Britain, 1947: Rationing and austerity seem to have fostered opportunism, escapism and confrontation within the Linden family.
Professor Linden wants only to continue teaching in a world that no longer seems to share his quiet ideals.
His family urge him to retire from the fight, but the Professor is not so easily deterred...
JB Priestley’s stage play made its debut in 1947.
Dramatised for radio by Mollie Greenhalgh.
Professor Linden .... Geoffrey Banks
Isabel .... Kathleen Helme
Rex Linden .... Christopher Godwin
Dr Jean Linden .... Carole Hayman
Marion de Saint Vaury .... Joanna Wake
Dinah Linden .... Penelope Reynolds
Alfred Lockhart .... David Mahlowe
Edith Westmore .... Sally Gibson
Bernard Fawcett .... Christian Rodska
Mrs Cotton .... Shirley Dixon
Cellist: Rosalind Gonley
Directed at BBC Manchester by Kay Patrick.

[@janeclarkson8471]

It strangely applies today. What a wonderful observer and writer JB Priestly was. So evocative. I could listen to his work anytime! Radio is the best medium. You're without any distraction but your own imagination! Thank you for your upload 👌🙏🏻

[@elaineedgar2913]

JB is definitely one of the major voices of the last century. He is top of my list of the 6 people I’d invite to my dinner party. If only.

[@Failte630]

100% agree with ye both

[@marymary5494]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, love Priestley. 👌💕

[@maryalice5357]

Captures all the bittersweetness of life. The music enhances perfectly. Beautiful adaptation, a keeper to hear over and over.

[@wendyrichards7458]

I loved this ,so much wisdom and the ending made me smile .Life is all phases and perspectives ,we all see things differently according to our age ,personality and experience. What appeals to one is distasteful to another and we struggle to understand feelings that oppose our own .That's the genius of this play ,it's a simple plot that turns on nothing but differing perspectives but still engages and provokes .Priestley seems to have been a master at this .

[@janeclarkson8471]

I listened again too, to Elgar's cello concerto. Sublime!! ❤️

[@lydiazammit1626]

Enjoyed this thoroughly. Excellent production. Thank you for uploading it. ❤

[@kazneasham9110]

Love Priestley's plays. Also scripts are written in a clear audible fashion ( unlike many programs on TV which often have inaudible muffled dialogue)

[@belle6577]

Thank you so much for downloading this play which I throughly enjoyed. In saying that the play I loved but the relentless interruptions by adverts it would seem every five minutes or so just wanted to make me scream. I think u tube has a lot to answer for as I know they are not a charity but there are limits. I sound grouchy because it was a wonderful play ruined by incentive advertisers

[@user-rw1qo3vk3l]

I saw this play in 1947 as a young girl with Sybil Thorndyke and her husband Sir Lewis Casson Lovely to hear it again Marion

[@jow6845]

How lovely to have that experience and memory 💖

[@FoD1975]

Funny, in my 40’s I’m thinking “what a stubborn fool!” I wonder what I’ll think when I’m 65…

[@Lyfs-Awsumm]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! Great Characters and Great Story!. Nice to hear a story without Murder and Mayhem! To me this story is about human relationships. I'll look for more by this same author because this was wonderful!!❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️

[@judiththomas9995]

JB P was a really great story teller. A great observer of the human condition. Unlike the unimaginative blood and mayhem recounters of modern novels

[@kazneasham9110]

Marvellous

[@TedaR]

💜 JBP! Thank you FMD!

[@derekeaton4798]

Lovely play

[@jacquiadams863]

Beautiful writing and acting. Thank you

[@colinglass1342]

You can alawys skip the adverts

[@ricardomusicdoc7227]

Couldn't take another bl. ad..!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Once we had intellectual giants like Priestley ; Now we have virtue signalling , box ticking professional " victims " .

[@tessamichael9766]

Awfull interruption by adverts

[@forgottentelevisiondrama2750]

Broadcast: 23 July 1977

[@sammyunderthesea7347]

So many ads

[@jow6845]

Wonderful play - hideous intrusive cheapening ads…

[@clovelly1946]

Did not enjoy this.

[@groomdoggi]

Why?

[@shelbythomas]

Predictable, no likeable characters, lame.

[@aquageraniablue6990]

Pompous english voices talking way too fast. 😢

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Pompous commenters are even worse. .!

[@brianmaloney-cc2kt]

aquageraniabl These people are not talking quickly, but if English is not your first language I can understand it uses a wider vocabulary than modern offerings. What you dismiss as pompous is a man fighting to remain employed because his whole identity is his job and he can't face the future outside of the certainty of his years as a professor.

[@MyUncleToby]

aquageraniablue - Typical innit bro! They hate us truth-telling pidgin English speakers bro. Fancy having the audacity to allow ENGLISH people to speak with ENGLISH accents! - Do you notice that they never put Cockneys or Jamaican Yardies in Priestley's plays? - It's bloody obvious they all talk superfast on purpose just to confuse common folks like you and me. Am I Rite or Am I Rite?