The Return - BBC Saturday Night Theatre - Bridget Boland

Bridget Boland was an Irish-British screenwriter, playwright and novelist.
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The Return, produced 1952 as Journey to Earth and 1953 as The Return. 1954.
Bridget Boland was the daughter of the Irish politician John Pius Boland and Eileen Querin Boland née Moloney. Born in London, Bridget Boland was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton and at Oxford University, where she studied philosophy, politics, and economics, graduating B.A. in 1935. In 1937 she became a film writer. From 1941 to 1946 she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, producing plays for the troops to boost morale from 1943 to 1946.
Originally Broadcast 11/4/1967
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[@lauralaladarling3775]

Thank you so much for The Return by author Bridget Boland adapted for radio. I was captivated by this story of Sister Agatha's return and experiences in outside world after so many years of living in an enclosed Covent. Beautifully narrated by all actors and a great production. I appreciate a short history of the author in the description box. Xxx

[@mathonamoore123]

Thank you for uploading this. Greetings from Ireland, on the 19th of June 2022. 🇮🇪💐💕

[@dirkbogarde44]

I absolutely loved that. Profoundly moving.

[@jamesgavigan4179]

A riveting tale and well worth listening to. It caught a sense of how things were in 1949. Lovely hearing a perfect performance from Dame Flora Robson.

[@charliesmith_]

You can't miss her tones, timbre and delivery. Isn't she just *_wonderful_* This one is an absolute 🧡 *"treasure* find"... x

[@zoyablake9538]

What a brilliant play! Thank you for making my Saturday more enjoyable.

[@Swimkid1]

I really appreciated this play. Excellent subject manner well researched. Dame Flora excels in audio plays, having such a pleasant tone. Thanks, Dave x

[@janep7211]

I'm a Catholic and happy to be. This was beautiful. Lots of morality, questions of the soul. Deeply introspective.

[@Lakeslover1]

Brilliant play, strongly recommend it 😀

[@Gillby47]

Rather than having a history of the writer,theatres etc I would rather have a synopsis.I like to know what a play is about before listening to see if it will interest me.

[@TomTom-df9ph]

I do agree.

[@olysvenson8464]

Me too👍

[@charliesmith_]

If it doesn't work with the acting skills of the telling of it by the actors/cast, the play won't work. It's worth testing each play in a state of freefall patience -as much as it is when one is invited to a theatre by another's thoughtful gesture - whether one knows the play or not. Good actors can make an average play work, and a brilliant play shine. Much as Eric Sykes made the Moustrap fun. X

[@judyappleby767]

Absolutely agree !

[@courtneyrushfirth]

Can't please everyone all the time e

[@kaeten838]

So much humanity and wisdom here. Many thanks indeed.

[@charliesmith_]

This was marvellously acted. It was wholly visually painted throughout. Will be cherishing this more than once. Saved, Liked, Shared treasured. *Thank You* x

[@adamantman3200]

I found this play interesting and felt I learned something about the life one faces after being secluded in a regimented environment most of their life.

[@stephenbrasher]

Father Blake: James Thomason The Prioress: Betty Hardy Sister Agatha : Flora Robson Lay Sister : Gwen Berryman Peter Swithin : Gabriel Woolf Angela Swithin : Hilda Schroder Cyril Plummer : Denys Blakelock Broadcast on the 4th and 6th of November 1967, repeated on Christmas Day 1970. Another version had been broadcast on the Home Service in July and August 1960. A TV version had been broadcast on the 25th March 1956 with Flora Robson, which presumably lead her to decide it was one of her favourite plays and therefore the 1967 radio version?

[@cousinsister69]

What a treat. A thoughtful + deep play. Incredibly well acted. Much appreciated.

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Wonderful ensemble piece. Credit to Bridget Boland for the script. Credit to Flora Robson and her fellow cast for this thoughtful radio play, comprising just seven players. Just wonderful radio.

[@grettajoyce3204]

There was a marvellous priest at Loyola Hall Rainhill who was very close to my parents Fr Peter Blake SJ. He was wise, devout, worldly and a very inspiring person. He was a chaplain to the RAF during WW2. When I hear a ‘Fr Blake’ mentioned in this play, it brought back so many happy memories. I thoroughly enjoyed this production xxx

[@SFNightOwl]

Brilliant and unexpected. Was listening to it as I was mucking the horse stalls, feeling useful. Had to stop to take the ending in. Marvelous cast, well produced, well worth the time.

[@lydiamarks8577]

Superb! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you for brightening up my day 👍

[@merxeddie6474]

Such a well crafted thoughtful drama convincingly acted.Thanks for your channel a welcome retreat from our demented age.

[@mikedavidson1970]

Brilliant show !! Thank you totally shows how the state has taken place of charity. ( Faith in action) and we wonder why we have less and less faithful.

[@SimonMcGrath-o8jk]

Oh my, this was so so good and in a time of my Parents but what a beautifully well written and thought out play who must have had some knowledge of the entering a new world feeling like an alien.

[@darlenefarmer5921]

Great play! Thank you for posting it!

[@Butterfly.2002]

Wonderful play…thank you

[@roxanavasilakis9435]

Beautiful, thank you so much 🌳😊

[@auntyJanette]

An inspiring story beautifully acted. Thank you. I appreciate your work very much. 🤗

[@anaderol5408]

Not the first time I’ve heard this play but just as enjoyable the second time around. To all the Karens who want to be spoon fed a synopsis rather than other details pertaining to the play…. Get off your probably not so petite posteriors and simply google the title with the author and ….voilà…. you will get a synopsis to know your socks off.

[@emf49]

Interesting and thought provoking well acted play. ❤

[@janewelsh]

So well done. Works for any age.

[@chocksaway100]

Excellent play. Thanks for uploading.

[@jordsupp]

A wonderful play. Thankyou for this.

[@jlb9368]

My word, this is so real - I have had the opportunity of being around monastics and this narrative is too painfully accurate. Bravi to all and thank you!

[@wiilwaalarawelo5795]

Please give us a Synopsis instead of a biography of the author or the show.

[@daftirishmarej1827]

That was interesting and thought provoking. Thank you

[@marybenson1583]

THANK YOU SO MUCH> PHENOMEMAL PROGRAM

[@Goj899]

Wonderful!

[@davidskeeterskeeter1835]

Ahhhhh 😇😇😇 The Nostalgia 👏👏👏🇬🇧

[@lauragreene2663]

This was a good one!

[@camilleatherley9729]

Enjoyed this so much.

[@joansavage1857]

Thank you. Such a wonderful play!

[@bluesummer333]

A great play and cast xx

[@ScottishLeo]

A beautiful story 💚❤️

[@honeyfungus4774]

"poor old woman of 60, with a few years left to you." 🙄

[@YogZab]

Fascinating!

[@photophus]

It was very good, thank you.

[@grimtt]

Very thought provoking! I had sympathetic anxiety for the Sister at the beginning having to walk from quiet, routine, solitude within the walls into the noisy, busy, world without! [synopsis being that a 60s yr old nun from a contemplative order decides to ask for dispensation to leave the order to find some purpose in the years left to her. It’s human drama, so the plot is barebones but there’s plenty to fatten it up in terms of characters and theme.]

[@michaelberg9656]

What are all the weird noises in the background? What is the source of these recordings? Not a criticism, just interested.

[@Edvdh]

🙏

[@anaderol5408]

Ah yes when going to the movies included - standing for the national anthem / a cartoon / a newsreel / intermission / Minties that outperformed the strongest superglue and someone from the back rows rolling Jaffas onto the timber floor at a salient point in the movie 😂😂

[@zoyablake9538]

Anaderol: thank you for my first laugh of the day! 😂

[@anaderol5408]

@@zoyablake9538 A pleasure Zoya - goodness knows these days it's hard to keep one's spirits up. Where we live we are still in stage 4 lockdown. Hope you are keeping well.

[@Pluscelamemechose]

Come to the Caribbean. We're open and the breezes are calling.

[@susanhawkins5914]

Oh my gosh!!! Thanks so much for bringing back those long forgotten memories. Was your cinema also blessed with sling back canvas seats and overhead sail fans? And masses of moths flying in the movie’s light beam....And the Jaffa’s rolling down the timber aisles (no carpets back then)...haha 🤣😫

[@Stormlucy111]

Impressive!

[@sophiachavez3377]

Interesting

[@mckavitt13]

I thought it was going to be Irish!

[@markmunroe-hz8rf]

Please give a synopsis. Thanks 👍

[@ayferbektas7034]

Men and women in search of meaning. The last sentence gives it to you.

[@klientproby]

Dame Flora Robson was a wonderful actress. Interesting and good radio play. But can't stand the wife. Also, why are actresses with annoyingly high-pitched voices used to play hysterical female characters??? So grating and annoying.

[@virginiamay8868]

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