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Midland householder, Fred Midway lives with his family in a semi-detached house in a leafy suburb of Dowlihull.

But when his carefully maintained world threatens to disintegrate about him, the scheming suburbanite will do whatever it takes to hang on to his respectable position...

Performed by The Belgrade Theatre Company, Coventry.

Starring Leonard Rossiter.

David Turner’s play premiered at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre in June 1962 with Leonard Rossiter in the lead role.

It transferred to London with Laurence Olivier replacing Rossiter and arrived on Broadway in New York in 1963. The 1970 film version ‘All the Way Up' starred Richard Briers and Warren Mitchell. The play was revived at the 1999 Chichester Festival.

Adapted for radio by the author.

Fred Midway …. Leonard Rossiter
Hilda Midway …. Gillian Raine
Eileen Midway …. Thelma Whitley
Tom Midway …. Bryan Stanyon
Robert Freeman …. Peter French
Avril Hadfield …. Bridget Turner
Nigel Hadfield …. Donald Gee
Garnet Hadfield …. Antonia Pemberton
Arnold Makepiece …. Leon Sinden

Produced by Hugh Stewart at the Â鶹Éç Midland studios.

First broadcast in the ‘Repertory in Britain’ series on the Â鶹Éç Home Service in February 1964.

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