"Big Sister"

New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 156, 19 June 1942, Page 10

"Big Sister"

the cast of Big Sister, the new radio drama which is starting shortly from 2ZB, whose name will not be familiar to New Zealand listeners. In the title role is Thelma Scott, who was heard here in Coronets of England, and others in the cast are Bettie Dickson, John Tate, Neva Carr Glynn, Lou Vernon, Nigel Lovell, Hilda Scurr and Hdtvey Adams. "The story of Big Sister revolves around Ruth Evans, a girl of 28, her pretty, wayward sister Sue, and her small crippled brother Neddie. Since their parents’ death, Ruth has had the responsibility of her brother and sister, and her life is to be complicated still further by a romance with a young doctor. Thelma Scott, who plays the part of Ruth, has had a long career on the professional stage, and in Australian films. Mary, Queen of Scots, and Nell Gwynn are two radio roles in which New Zealand listeners have heard her. Bettie Dickson, who.is Sue, had the leading feminine role in Khyber. Neva Carr Glynn has starred in numerous ABC serials and plays, many of which have been heard in»New Zealand. Her husband, John Tate, is also in the cast of Big Sister. Lou Vernon, of course, is é is hardly a member of

well known for his work as "Doctor Mac." Nigel Lovell was Kit in Those We Love. Hilda Scurr is a New Zealand actress; she played Bertha Manners in To-day’s Children. Harvey Adams is the detective inspector in You Be the Detective, and has been heard from the Commercial stations in several serial dramas.