Ethel Lina White The Lady Vanishes


(4.5 stars; 10 reviews)

Ethel Lina White - The Lady Vanishes Dramatised by Neville Teller from Ethel Lina White’s novel ‘The Wheel Spins’. A train, a missing governess and evil Nazi plans for Europe. All aboard for a gripping ride to adventure. CAST: Miss Froy …. Renee Asherson Iris …. Jenny Funnell Wilberforce …. Mark Tandy Maximillan Hare …. Mark Payton Dr Traunitz/Stephen Yardley …. Richard Durden Baroness/Mrs Todhunter …. Shirley Dixon Prince Frederick/Mr Barnes/Porter …. Jonathan Keeble Baron Hoffmeir/Mr Todhunter …. Michael Roberts Ian Bretherton/Ticket Collector …. Geoffrey Beevers Evelyn Flood-Porter/Frau ummer …. Geraldine Fitzgerald Rose Flood-Porter/Frau Kummer …. Jan Shand Mrs Barnes …. Karen Lewis The book was also adapted as a 1938 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Director: Andy Jordan First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1999 Iris Carr is a beautiful, young socialite on her way back home to England after vacationing in Europe. Feeling terribly alone and afraid, she finds comfort in the company of a strange woman she knows only as "Miss Froy." But comfort soon turns to horror when Miss Froy mysteriously vanishes without a trace. Fearing madness, risking death, Iris desperately tries to solve the sudden disappearance of her traveling companion-a woman no one else on the journey remembers seeing at all!  THE WORLD-FAMOUS SUSPENSE NOVEL FROM WHICH ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREATED HIS MOVIE MASTERPIECE, REDISCOVERED BY EDGAR AWARD-WINNING MYSTERY EXPERT OTTO PENZLER!

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Reviews

Great Plot and Recording


(5 stars)

Fabulously produced, fun plot. I am a bit sensitive when it comes to thrillers but I could handle handle this adaptation. Give it a try!

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(5 stars)

reminded me of the Agatha Christie style of suspense.