Brief Encounter

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight, Lady Esther takes great pleasure in bringing you Noel Coward's tender and gentle romance, brief encounter, adapted from J Arthur Rank's screen production. It stars Herbert Marshall as Alec, Lily Palmer as Laura with Eric Snowden as Fred.

The Lady Esther Screen Guild players in brief encounter. It's a picture of perfect domesticity, the library of a pleasant English country, a cheerful after-dinner fire, Two comparable chairs and two quiet people. Laura Jessen with her evening's mending, her husband Fred with his crossword puzzle.

Laura, you're a pearl triadic. See if you can help me over this, it's Keats. When I behold upon the night-starred face, huge cloudy symbols of a high, something in seven letters. Romance, I think. I'm almost sure it is.

Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance. Yes, that's it. fits in with the leery, Mambalucistan. Row, man's. Mrs. Jessen, what would I ever do without you? Oh, Fred. Dora, what on earth's the matter? What's wrong?

Darling. No, it's nothing. Darling, what's wrong? Tell me, please. Oh, really? Truly, it's nothing. I'm just a little rundown, that's all. In Milford today, I had a sort of fainting spell in the refreshment room at the station.

Isn't that idiotic? She was totally messaged with me and she talked and talked until I wanted to strain with her. But she meant to be kind. It's a little awful about people meaning to be kind.

Yes. Why don't you go to bed there? No, no, really Fred. I'm quite all right now. But why a fainting spell? I can't understand it. Oh, not recently darling. I've been shopping and I was tired and the refreshment room was very hot and suddenly I felt sick.