The Arcadians 2YA to Broadcast Excerpts

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 29, 1 February 1929, Page 32

The Arcadians 2YA to Broadcast Excerpts

ON Friday evening 2YA will present some of the most popular tunes from the well-knowx wsmusical. play, "The Arcadians." When James Smith, of London, falls from an aeroplane into Arcadia, he

scandalises the inhabitants by tellling a lie. For this heinous offence he is ducked in the Well of Truth, where he is transformed into a cherubic, scantilyclad Arcadian. He is dubbed Simplicitas and, accompanied by two Arcadian girls, Sombra and Chrysea, sets out on a mission to convert the wicked citizens of London. The three Arcadians make a dramatic appearance on Askwood Racecourse, Where Jack Meadows, who loves Hileen Cavanagh, is backing his own horse, "The Deuce," to win the Corinthian Stakes. Doody, the jockey, having been put out of action, "The Deuce’s" prospects look black until Simplicitas saves the situation and rides to victory. The Arcadians then become the fashionable craze. Mrs. Smith, who fails to recognise her husband in Simplicitas, opens an Arcadian restaurant, where a Well of Truth is set in the midst of a painted canvas glade. All goes well until Simplicitas tells another lie, whereupon the Arcadian Cherub is transformed into the be-whiskered henpecked James Smith, Sombra and Clirysea, realising that their mission is a failure, return home, whilst Jack and Hileen plan’a private Arcadia of their very own,