No Other Tiger by A.E.W. Mason. BBC RADIO DRAMA

Saturday-Night Theatre: No Other Tiger
Sat 27th Jun 1964, 20:30 on BBC Home Service Basic

A play from his novel by A.E.W. Mason adapted for radio by Rex Rienits [Starring] Alec Clunes
Produced by Raymond Raikes

President of the Court of Assize: Austin Trevor
Archie Clutter: Alec Clunes
Andreas Eleutheros: Trader Faulkner
Maitre Larolle (Defence Counsel): Hamlyn Benson
Elizabeth Clutter: Isabel Rennie
Avocat General (Prosecuting Counsel):
Wilfrid Carter
Maung H’la: Garard Green
Col Sir John Strickland: William Fox
Corinne: Jane Wenham
Leon Battchilena: Gordon Gardner
Gaspard Roussencq: Bruce Beeby
Hospel Roussencq: Andrew Sachs
A head waiter: Alan Haines
Lady Ariadne Ferne: Nicolette Bernard
Denise: Gladys Spencer
Pierre: Ralph Truman

Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

Mr. Mason is here at his best. While working out very deftly an extremely intricate and clever plot, he gives us excellent characterization and a remarkably vivid series of glimpses into different settings and phases of life. Colonel John Strickland, wandering the earth in a vain attempt to forget his apparently hopeless passion for a famous young society beauty, visits Burma, where he buys a precious ruby for his lady and is induced to go tiger-hunting. He encounters "no other tiger," however, except a ruffianly man, "like a Greek god gone wrong," who makes a moment's mysterious appearance in the jungle. The jewel and the man are but two of many seemingly disconnected links that are forged into a chain of mystery that steadily tightens its hold upon the reader until the brilliant climax is reached. It is questionable whether Mr. Mason is to be praised more highly for his ingenuity or for his unforgettable word pictures.

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