Comedienne by Ivor Novello

**** 4 Extra marks the 50th anniversary of the death of actress Dame Sybil Thorndike on the 9th June 1976 aged 83.

Donna Lovelace, a once-revered theatrical star, now faces relative obscurity.

After years away from the limelight, she is offered a "comeback" role in a new play, forcing her to confront the gap between her self-image and her current reality.

Starring Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sebastian Shaw.

Ivor Novello’s bittersweet comedy was first staged in London in 1938.

Adapted for radio by Hugh Stewart.

Donna Lovelace .... Sybil Thorndike
Lord Bayfield .... Sebastian Shaw
Lady May Sambrook .... Fabia Drake
Alan Crane .... Robert Andrews
Ruth Wilder .... Sheila Burrell
Julian Harley .... Ivan Samson
Winkie .... Muriel George
Ted Jones .... Laidman Browne
Owen Sands .... Richard Bebb
Roderick Elms .... Martin Lewis
Vivian Morris .... Sarah Leigh
Lucy Foyle~Aberthaw .... Susan Richards
Inga Angers / The maid .... Gabrielle Blunt
Davis .... David Kossoff
Narrator .... Patrick Troughton

Producer: Hugh Stewart

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1951.