'Central character in this story, which is set in a small mining town, is the wife of the local doctor. A sophisticated city-bred woman, Gay, is utterly bored by the dull life she now leads, and has resolved to leave her husband.
A mine disaster forestalls her intention. She finds herself caught up with the other women of the town in an agony of suspense, praying for her husband to emerge safely from the mine shaft ... [as he] had gone below to lend assistance to the trapped miners.'
Source: 'Prize Play From 5AD', The Advertiser, 15 Jun. 1946, p. 7.
Won £50 in the 5AD Radio Theatre competition in 1946.
Producer: Eric John
Cast:
June Salter (as Gay Rogers)
Queenie Ashton (as Mrs. Foster)
Rosemary Miller (as Nellie Carlson)
Alma Butterfield (as Minnie Howard)
Ethel Gabriel (as Mrs. Murphy)
Winifred Green (as Granny Clarke)
Douglas Herald (as Mr. McFarlane)
Jerry Well (as Mr. Morgan)
Source: 'Plays and Players', The Sun, 17 Oct. 1952, p. 10
