Playing for Time - Three Days in May 1940

by Robin Glendinning, Jeremy Howe (Director)

Over the May bank holiday 1940, Winston Churchill had been prime minister for a fortnight but was already facing up to a possibly devastating defeat at Dunkirk.

Challenged by the War Cabinet over the way he was conducting the war, Britain's fate hung in the balance...

Winston Churchill: Robert Hardy
Lord Halifax: Ronald Pickup
Neville Chamberlain: Jeremy Child
Clement Attlee: Bill Wallis
Greenwood: Geoffrey Whitehead
John Martin: David Leonard
Signor Bastianini: Michael Fenton Stevens
Paul Reynaud: Roland Oliver
General Ismay: Mark Buttery

Radio Drama

Published May 22, 2004

About the author

Robin Glendinning has written around 20 radio plays for BBC including 'Condemning Violence' nominated for a Sony award and 'The Words are Strange' a Giles Cooper Award winner and 'Playing for Time - 3 Days in May 1940' part of the Churchill Season on Radio 4, Jan 2005. His stage credits include: Stuffing It. Gate Dublin, Tricycle London. Culture Vultures Lyric Belfast, Minerva Chichester. Mumbo Jumbo Royal Exchange Manchester, Lyric Hammersmith, Lyric Belfast. Donny Boy Royal Exchange Manchester, Tour with Tinderbox Theatre Belfast, Exeter Theatre, Royal Theatre Oslo. Summerhouse Druid Galway, Arts Theatre Belfast.