Jon Wynne-Tyson: Marvellous Party

1950s Las Vegas: sparks fly as Noel Coward gets a visit from his old close friend, Esme Wynne-Tyson.

Stanley Baxter stars as Noel Coward and Dorothy Tutin as Esme Wynne-Tyson.

A child actress in London’s West End, Esme became a close friend of the young Noel Coward.

Here her son, Jon, imagines a meeting in the city of Las Vegas, between his mother and Coward in middle-age.

Written and adapted for radio by Jon Wynne-Tyson.

Noel ...... Stanley Baxter
Esme ...... Dorothy Tutin
Gary ...... Peter Whitman
Waiter/Bellboy/Engineer ...... David Holt

Director: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1994.