Waters of the Moon - N. C. Hunter - BBC Saturday Night Theatre

A woman, Helen Lancaster, is caught in a house during a snowstorm and forced to spend time there with her husband and daughter.
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Waters of the Moon is a 1951 stage play by N. C. Hunter which originally ran for two years at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 1951-1953.[1][2] It was adapted into a 1961 TV play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. This version was directed by Christopher Muir.
Originally Broadcast 7/17/1971
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[@louise7552]

Can't beat these plays. I love the elocution of this era. So very British. Where did it go.😢😢

[@cacambo589]

It's with the snows of yesteryear.

[@elaineedgar2913]

The diction is the only thing to recommend this very boring play.

[@MinkaSchlossberger4ever]

I m over the moon for having found this channel with these wonderful Radio-Dramas of Days gone bye!!! The voices are so clear and soothing at the same time....and the writing is excellent!!! I have been waiiting for such gems for a long time! Thank You!!!! And wonderful Holidays to You and All!!!!

[@janeclarkson8471]

What a perfect play. Excellent acting. Perfect part for the inimitable Coral Brown. It had all the elements and circumstances of life. Anger, remorse, sadness and happiness, well balanced and all expressed without profanity! Thank you, writer, producer, direction and actors, for this gem 👌❤️🙏🏻🇬🇧

[@wyominghome4857]

I love these plays. Such a pleasure having so much culture at your fingertips, especially during long dark winter evenings in front of the fire.

[@dianal.clausen8118]

I envy you the fire. Enjoy!

[@jordsupp]

An excellent little play. Thank you for uploading.

[@DreamingCatStudio]

Oh my. These closed atmospheric plays are such marvelous stews of characters, emotions, and drama. The clash of privileged and poor is a perfect theme and the British do it so well.

[@idaporche6011]

Love love these drama's ❤. Thanks for posting

[@jamescrowley8637]

Tip Top script with a stellar cast. Reminiscent of J B Priestley's time plays. I've met a few Mrs. Lancasters in my time.

[@DenisePoole-Closet-Crafts]

Excellent 😀 Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@sheilajackson4839]

Immensely enjoyable and introspective play. Reminded me of Tennessee Williams. Excellent performances by all. As the story unfolded I felt like I was in the room with them. The dialogue is intimate. I felt the days drag on exposing a sense of unwinding tightness in the rhythms in the household. Thank you for posting.

[@janebrown7231]

This one is really exceptional. The quality of writing is absolutely flawless. It was written for stage, so why isn't this play still in performance, amongst the best in the repertoire? Although its theatre runs were star-studded, the acting in this radio production would be very hard to improve on, the cast is so well-balanced. The director deserves a special mention. It could so easily have developed a tinge of farce, but no, it never oversteps the line. It could have followed the hints (eg the weak chest) into dramatic action, but no, they stay floating as hints. A very powerful piece, casting a hard glare on privilege and the hurt it can inflict, but also on hope and fear, action and stagnation, limits and lack of limits, and many other aspects of life. I felt every character's conflicts, and found it truly moving. Thank you again for providing such pleasure! ❤️

[@janetbarkwith]

Slight nit pick from an erstwhile bell-ringer about the bells ringing out the old year - they should be half muffled. Then to ring in the new year they are unmuffled. Other than that very silly little thing, this has been a wonderful play, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Wonderful diction and expression from the actors; no mumbling and slurring as in modern dramas.

[@patriciawrightwood6220]

Thank you for posting this play. I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to more of the same.

[@deborahrobertson8606]

Wonderful. Thank you!

[@ОльгаИванова-б8п1ю]

Superb!

[@cousinsister69]

Absolutely brilliant. Riveting. A host of recognisable personalities & emotions in relatable situations.

[@susanotway7875]

Very enjoyable. Took awhile to warm up. Has quite a message if analysed deeply about the British class system of a few decades ago.

[@dianapeek6936]

Isn't it amazing listening to characters complaining about people being rude and bad mannered. Who would have imagined life in 2024. Another planet.!!

[@susanotway7875]

Totally agree!

[@TedaR]

Thanks again my dear friends 😄

[@angelajones6719]

Excellent play think positive it will carry you through the worst of times 😸

[@jamesconn7979]

A well written, entertaining play by the under-rated NC Hunter. It was on You Tube but seems to have disappeared now sadly! Great to hear it recreated on radio. Thoroughly enjoyable! 📻👍

[@lydiamarks8577]

Excellent! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@janebrown7231]

"Waters of the Moon (1951)... included in its cast Sybil Thorndike and Edith Evans. It ran for 835 performances.[4] It was later produced in 1978 with Wendy Hiller and Ingrid Bergman in its cast."

[@Helen-xy9qj]

Fascinating piece about class with the inimitable Coral Browne.

[@davidarundel6187]

Most enjoyable. 👍☺️

[@davidarundel6187]

Came back for another helping - the weather is helping a lot ☔📻🤔☺️

[@christrinder1255]

Many thanks for posting 👏👏👏👍😊

[@derekeaton4798]

Good old fashioned play

[@rb4877]

Thanks v much. Good stuff.

[@rosemarykennedy5430]

Pretty good!

[@michelewortelhoek6860]

What a great play but I don't think I could handle too much of Helen!

[@tottiemae2258]

Synopsis: The Lancasters, a glamorous London family, take refuge during a snowstorm in a dreary little hotel in the Devonshire moors. The hotel is inhabitated by regular guests who have descended into a routine determined by self-pity and genteel poverty. The Lancasters, especially the elegant, uninhibited Helen--the mother--exert considerable, but not always welcome, influence over the boarders.

[@FiFi-wt9zj]

Thank you

[@tottiemae2258]

You're so welcome, Fi Fi.

[@daftirishmarej1827]

Thanks a million!

[@fishfootface]

Thankyou. Very helpful.

[@janethayes5941]

Hi Tottie Mae. Wasn't this a good one!? Thanks for your synopsis. 🤩

[@thomasbaillie-carrigan3100]

Many thanks GK. Great play!

[@jamesgavigan4179]

A most enjoyable play. I just couldn't start my day until it ended. Please get somewhere cosy and just engage with its characters and be taken along by the narrative.

[@roelienpostma2367]

Bitter Sweet

[@brendabarrowable]

Like the prince in sleeping beauty who woke the princess up with a kiss so Helen and daughter awakened the gentile residents of the gentile hotel. They did not live happily ever after. Their dreams evaporated, no london no Switzerland no escape for them. Beautifully acted by the great Coral Brown and cast many thanks for finding this interesting play Wright. Brenda

[@pamos1949]

Brenda, good comment indeed, but I think you mean 'gentille', not 'gentile'.

[@janebrown7231]

@@pamos1949 Genteel.

[@robinamiller5595]

Exceptional

[@vidavannauker6545]

I saw the play years ago on TV ...

[@roxanavasilakis9435]

Great 🌳🌳🌳

[@janebrown7231]

There are some subtle hints in the script that the role of Helen Lancaster was written as an American married to a Brit. I'd be interested to know more.

[@dennisnelson8207]

This is good,but I like the version with Penelope Keith,which used to be on KZbin,but like all good things its disappeared.

[@jamesconn7979]

does anyone know where that version can be gotten?

[@jamesconn7979]

Yep, and...there are so many great plays from yesteryear that are in danger of being lost to inferior, banal tv soaps!!! 😞😞😞😞

[@myapinion7532]

Very sad to read this. I watched it a few times on KZbin. Excellent actors and script. Penelope Keith was brilliant as usual, stole the show, and Lesley Dunlop from Emmerdale, what a brilliant little actress! Thoroughly enjoyed it. I just thought it would be there to watch whenever l wanted. Why oh why do they do this? Oh well, it was good while it lasted.

[@myapinion7532]

@@jamesconn7979 l'm going to try to find out. I'll let you no if lve any good news. 😊

[@jamesconn7979]

@@myapinion7532 thank you, I look forward to hearing that.

[@bilbilbow5612]

As transport links became intertwined so did the accents,,,, not so long ago, before trains, a painter came to the royal acadamy from norfolk, no one could understand his accent to the extent they even spelt his name wrongly,,,,

[@phonotical]

Oh, Vincent Prices wife 😅

[@hermajesty52]

Coral Browne!!!!

[@squaretriangle9208]

13:00 Austrians delightful people,... feckless and incompetent, ...the whole of Austria should be taken over by the National Trust - being Austrian I disagree🤣🤪

[@elaineedgar2913]

What a bore. I’ve obviously been spoiled by better dramas.

[@deegeraghty9426]

Over-acting all the way.

[@Louise_xxx]

Thank you very much. Excellent play!!

[@nigeloakes4957]

Very enjoyable. Oddly moved at the end.

[@oooxxx967]

On and on it grinds ... in every direction somehow missing its mark ... at every turn.