Eden Must Go
4 Extra Debut. It's 1945 and on VE Day, Stephen Pym learns that he has won a scholarship to Cambridge. Stars Charles Simpson.
Martin Worth's play comes from his experiences of going up to Cambridge University in 1945 when he'd just left school.
But the majority of his fellow students were men who had just fought in the war and had learnt to grow up more quickly.
The experience of war had marked them, but not in the way you might expect.
Cast:
Stephen Pym .... Charles Simpson
Alan Wicks .... Keith Drinkel
Elizabeth Noble .... Victoria Carling
PauI Darcy .... Brett Usher
Alister Gray .... Andrew Wincott
Nevil Hadley .... Mark Straker
Ivor Rossiter .... David Learner
Dr Noble .... Terence Edmond
Mrs Noble .... Ann Windsor
Dawkins .... Ronald Herdman
Ted Baines .... Matthew Long
Amanda Baines .... Siriol Jenkins
Headmaster/Jack Balderton .... Eric Allan
Markham/Rupert .... Nicholas Murchie
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in April 1992
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