N. C. Hunter: The Quiet Dramatist of Postwar England | Saturday Night Theatre Companion
Once, N. C. Hunter was one of the notable playwrights of the British stage. His plays attracted actors such as John Gielgud, Edith Evans, Sybil Thorndike, Wendy Hiller and Michael Redgrave. Then the theatrical world changed—and Hunter largely disappeared from view.
In this Saturday Night Theatre Companion, we rediscover Hunter through five productions preserved on Chesterton Radio: A Day by The Sea, A Touch of the Sun, Waters of the Moon, Picture of Autumn, and a second Waters of the Moon from Lux Radio Theatre South Africa.
These are quiet plays about enormous things: aging, missed…
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