Noel Coward The Vortex

Saturday-Night Theatre: The Vortex Sat 18th Nov 1967, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Noel Coward 'We swirl about in a vortex of beastliness - this is a chance, don't you see, to realise the truth - our only chance.'   Pianist:…….Wilfrid Parry Production:……H.B. Fortuin Preston, the maid:……Betty Hardy Helen Saville:…..Margaret Robertson Pauncefoot Quentin (Pawnie):……Rolf Lefebvre Clara Hibbert:…..Marjorie Westbury Florence Lancaster:……Joan Greenwood Tom Veryan:…..Anthony Jackson Nicky Lancaster:…..Richard Briers David Lancaster:…..Duncan McIntyre Bunty Mainwaring:…..Alexa Romanes Bruce Fairlight:…..Alan Dudley The Vortex: Coward explores the darker side of the Cocktail Party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was more usually turned towards towards the light. 

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.