George Bernard Shaw The Village Wooing


Read by Siobhan McKenna

(4.9 stars; 7 reviews)

The Village Wooing is a delightful play by George Bernard Shaw, featuring the talented Siobhan McKenna and Cyril Cusack. The story revolves around a shop girl who wins a round-the-world cruise and encounters a well-to-do writer of guidebooks. Their relationship is marked by a warlike wooing that ultimately leads to marriage.

This production includes an introduction by Aiden Matthews and was broadcast by RTÉ in December 1975. Enjoy this charming tale that showcases Shaw's wit and insight into human relationships.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

The Village Wooing 45:52

Reviews

date correction


(5 stars)

I think this file was previously circulated as 1957, though when RTE repeated the play, the podcast info had this to say about its date: First broadcast on RTE Radio 1 on the 29 July 1956 and rebroadcast as part of the marking the 150th anniversary of the playwright's birth.