Ervine Play
EARLY this century a Belfast newspaper reported a court case in which a defaulting commercial traveller was rescued from the law’s retribution by the loyalty and self-sacrifice of his ill-used wife. The traveller was a bumptious philanderer, but at the first sign of danger he ran whining to his wife, who refunded the money he had stolen and beggared herself in the process. This report provided St. John Ervine with the theme for Jane Clegg, a play in which a then young, unknown -actress called Sybil Thorndike became famous as the lead. A BBC production of this work will be broadcast from 1XN at 9.30 p.in. on Wednesday, February 17, and later from other national stations. Margaret D’Arcy plays the part of Jane. The author borrowed the name of his heroine from a great-aunt who lived at Donaghadee, but set his scene in a London suburb. In the radio version, the adaptor, John Boyd, has recognised the story’s real-life origin by moving the action back to Ulster. ;
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 760, 12 February 1954, Page 17
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169Ervine Play New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 760, 12 February 1954, Page 17
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