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An adaptation for broadcasting in Northern Ireland of the comedy by Emlyn Williams from the French ' Prenez Garde a la Peinture' by Renee Fanchois
Cast
The play is set in Dr. Haggett's house, County Antrim
Production by Henry McMullan
This broadcast is actually an adaptation of an adaptation, since Emlyn Williams produced the London stage success from the French novel Prenez Garde a la Peinture. This radio version has been transferred-setting and characters complete-to Ulster, and listeners who saw the stage version may be astonished to find that Gwenny Thomas , for example, the Welsh character played by Edith Evans , becomes Bridget, a woman with a Southern Ireland voice, played by Nita Hardie. On the other hand a precedent for this change of locale was seen in the film version, in which Lionel Barrymore and the late Marie Dressler appeared and the scene was shifted to the American Middle West.

Contributors
Comedy By:
Emlyn Williams
Unknown:
Renee Fanchois
Production By:
Henry McMullan
Unknown:
Emlyn Williams
Unknown:
Gwenny Thomas
Played By:
Edith Evans
Played By:
Nita Hardie.
Dr Haggett J:
R Mageean
Mrs Haggett:
Pauline Ray
Susan Haggett:
Anne Duthie
Ada Haggett:
Lucie Young
Patrick Delanev:
Kenneth Barton
Tallant J H:
B Robins
Rosen:
Harold Goldblatt
Davenport:
Fraser Mayne
Bridget:
Nita Hardie