The Man In The Dark
by John Ferguson [1928]
dramatised by Gwen Cherrell
SNT 1976-11-06
with Robert Trotter, Karin Fernald, Christopher Scoular and Kenneth McLellan
directed by John Cardy
128K
Murder on a foggy night at Ealing in the presence of a down-and-out war veteran who couldn't see the crime sends the blind man in flight with the assassin's accomplice.
The back of the 1952 Penguin edition of says about the author:
"John Ferguson(1873 - ?) was born at Callander, Perthshire, but has made his home in many sharply contrasted places, from the misty isle of Skye to the sunlit island of Guernsey. And though now a resident in the
New Forest near Lymington he lived for six years in the grim
Dunimarle Castle in Fife, where Macduff's wife and child were
murdered by Macbeth. As a dramatist Mr Ferguson is probably best
known for his now famous play Campbell of Kilmohr. which at its first
Royalty Theatre production was hailed by the dramatic critic of the
Glasgow Herald as 'a new and significant type of Scottish drama'. Of
John Ferguson's work one critic has said, 'As no two of his stories
are in any sense repetitious, it is probably his practice of setting
each tale against the background in which he writes that gives this
variety in characterization and action to each of his works.' His
books have been translated into many foreign languages, the latest of
which is Turkish. In his story of the history and development of the
detective story, Masters of Mystery, Douglas Thomson writes, 'Mr
Ferguson is one of the most delightful stylists in this genre'."
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Thank you.
Thank you, Rick, for another SNT. Can't wait to listen.
I love Ealing - got a friend who lives there and it's just a good place to be! I'll enjoy this Rick!