Spongehenge - David Halliwell - BBC Saturday Night Theatre

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  • Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025
  • Spongehenge by David Halliwell
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Комментарии • 109

  • @MichealBurnett5
    @MichealBurnett5 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love this
    Brilliant
    Thank You to Chesterton & BBC RADIO 4
    🇮🇪🍀🎉🎁🎊❤️🎂🤣

  • @kencussen7275
    @kencussen7275 6 месяцев назад +8

    This play is a little gem. Persevere through the first 10 minutes- it's worth it.

  • @MichealBurnett5
    @MichealBurnett5 9 месяцев назад +3

    Hope You put up
    MORE of DAVID HALLIWELL
    🎉❤🎊🎈🤣🇮🇪🍀💚

  • @meatnumber9
    @meatnumber9 3 года назад +14

    Thoroughly enjoyed this play. Loved the fast paced representation of thoughts.

  • @gmailbox9084
    @gmailbox9084 3 года назад +7

    Just a quick thank you for keeping me interested and amused throughout the lockdown periods of the previous year. It is very much appreciated.

  • @michaelberg9656
    @michaelberg9656 7 месяцев назад +4

    best play I've listened to so far!

  • @joycarmichael1476
    @joycarmichael1476 Месяц назад

    Well played!! Good story too. Thanks

  • @anitastone168
    @anitastone168 3 года назад +4

    Excruciatingly brilliant !!

  • @marciabrink9015
    @marciabrink9015 3 года назад +7

    Almost gave up early on; the parents drove me nuts! But I'm glad I stayed with it. Short but fun philosophy course. There is no grand "Meaning" or "Purpose" to our lives but the meaning or purpose we continually choose for ourselves. Loved the fast-paced, thinking-and-saying way of telling the story. I listen to many programs from Chesteron and am so happy when I come across one of these gems. Thank you.

    • @blixten2928
      @blixten2928 3 года назад +2

      I agree completely. Beckett-influenced dialogue and a fun premise, a good discussion, interesting characters... wonderfully done, look forward to more!

    • @mellisande638
      @mellisande638 3 года назад +1

      I agree completely!😊😁 Darned good fun🤣

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 3 года назад +7

      I think the parents were meant to drive the listener potty.

    • @blixten2928
      @blixten2928 3 года назад +3

      @@Cheepchipsable Perhaps they had to be shown to be the reason this guy is so desperately in search of an identity. They had nothing to give him. But it seems that almost everyone's identity is very, very fragile...

    • @mikewellwood1412
      @mikewellwood1412 3 года назад +2

      @@Cheepchipsable They came out with every known northern working-class cliché, and then some.

  • @sheilasimey2383
    @sheilasimey2383 3 года назад +4

    Brilliant!

  • @DreamingCatStudio
    @DreamingCatStudio 3 года назад +11

    The author had fun writing this and I enjoyed it!

  • @zappadodeldo
    @zappadodeldo 3 года назад +6

    Great fun!!:-)

  • @Butterfly.2002
    @Butterfly.2002 8 месяцев назад +1

    Just loved this play…so well done…thanks for the down load 🙏

  • @ritac3784
    @ritac3784 3 месяца назад +1

    Oh my. I need a lay down in a darkened room. I a. In awevof all the dialogue tgey has ro deliver. Great play

  • @helenferullo5706
    @helenferullo5706 2 года назад +5

    Enjoyed listening to the northern working class dialogue!
    I so appreciate these plays. Thank you Chesterton.

  • @isobelsmith6999
    @isobelsmith6999 3 года назад +25

    That was exhilarating, excrutiating, exhausting, It may have changed my life. I'm not sure. I need to think about it. I'll let you know further down the track.

    • @applesandpears9756
      @applesandpears9756 Год назад +4

      Did it? I'm dying to know!

    • @1celloheaven
      @1celloheaven 4 месяца назад

      Me too ! 😂​@@applesandpears9756

    • @MorganMcCartor
      @MorganMcCartor 3 месяца назад +3

      Isobel: This is a good a description as I have ever seen of anything, ever, in my whole entire life.

    • @helenaMe325
      @helenaMe325 3 месяца назад +1

      Yes. It was crazy!! ​@@MorganMcCartor

  • @hanschristophercharles6981
    @hanschristophercharles6981 3 года назад +3

    This was a funny, madcap, play! Thoroughly enjoyed it!! 😆👍

  • @henrydarker4314
    @henrydarker4314 3 года назад +15

    Gavin Bagley is lost and aimless and doesn't know what to do with himself or life. Then he discovers he's adopted. If only he can find his true parents. the clue to his personality will be unlocked. He might be a genius, a poet, a politician

    • @tottiemae2258
      @tottiemae2258 3 года назад +6

      Thank you so much for the synopsis!

    • @TedaR
      @TedaR 3 года назад +2

      Tysm Henry!

    • @TedaR
      @TedaR 3 года назад +3

      @@tottiemae2258 I see you tottie...ha-ha! (thanks anyway dear) 😉😊

    • @tottiemae2258
      @tottiemae2258 3 года назад +4

      @@TedaR You caught me, Teda. 😂

    • @henrydarker4314
      @henrydarker4314 3 года назад +2

      @@tottiemae2258 You're welcome tottie. I must admit that I didn't listen to the play as it didn't appeal to me :-)

  • @misscharlotte160
    @misscharlotte160 6 месяцев назад

    A truly stunning piece of work and brilliantly executed by all. Ta!

  • @louisbrugnoni1291
    @louisbrugnoni1291 3 года назад +2

    Good stories like this grab you from the beginning! 👍

  • @kathleenw
    @kathleenw 2 месяца назад +1

    I've lost count of the amount of dramas I start and have to abandon, I just can't stay with it, if the story doesn't grip me it starts to wind me up, this is one of those, not to worry there are plenty I do like 😅

  • @mariewilliams602
    @mariewilliams602 Год назад

    One word ,,Fantastic. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @malabhargava
    @malabhargava 3 года назад +2

    Brilliant acting.

  • @reuse_or_die
    @reuse_or_die 4 месяца назад

    Marvelous. Clever. Witty. Beautiful ❤

  • @Cheepchipsable
    @Cheepchipsable 3 года назад +2

    This is hilarious.
    It's fast paced because it's meant to convey the quite desperation and the urge to find identity of a young mans life, (those who remember being young might identify with a sense of urgency that one can have), so it's obviously not for those who want a slow paced. His thought are coming quickly, but he is stuck in a very staid world where people all think in a certain way and never question or try to break out of their mould.
    I've just listened to the scene beginning about 19:15, where he is trying to elicit information from some shopkeepers.
    Either way, If you want the usually slow paced dramas on this channel, it wont be for you.

  • @unknownxd1233
    @unknownxd1233 3 года назад +9

    My great cousin wrote this David halliwell Spencer

  • @grzegorzmielcarek4359
    @grzegorzmielcarek4359 Год назад +1

    Inner rollercoaster. I feel dizzy.

  • @kikibalden7462
    @kikibalden7462 3 года назад +2

    I couldn't today 🙈 will try it again another day

  • @judikingsman6132
    @judikingsman6132 3 года назад +3

    Oh wow! That was brilliant ❤️. What dialogue 😁. Thank you so much 🥰.

  • @blixten2928
    @blixten2928 3 года назад +5

    A very interesting format, so well-acted, sounded like chanting magic formulas, poetry, stream-of-consciousness comedy, great fun! Gorgeous to listen to. THANKS.

  • @jeremypearson6852
    @jeremypearson6852 3 года назад +4

    The beginning reminded me of Billy Liar. Both characters had no idea where they were going and had domineering parents.

    • @rahawa774
      @rahawa774 3 года назад +1

      I taped the 1963 film starring Tom Courtenay a couple of weeks ago - going to watch it over the weekend!

    • @kimberlykasimoff1447
      @kimberlykasimoff1447 3 года назад +2

      There was an old radio programme called the Bickersons about a husband and wife who bickered. The beginning with the family bickering, was annoying. Now I'm listening to the son talking to his mother, and I'm about to give up on this show.

    • @mikewellwood1412
      @mikewellwood1412 3 года назад +2

      Also, shades of "The Four Yorkshiremen" by the Monty Python team.

  • @seraphimabogomolova12
    @seraphimabogomolova12 3 года назад +4

    I think Gavin did find a link with his parents :-))) They, as he, were worried about their purpose and finding their vocation as well as place in life! At the end of the story all three of them exclaim: 'What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?' His non-blood parents never asked this question, they were content with everything and were convinced that they have all the answers to all the questions! Gavin was the one who was not satisfied who searched for answers. The same did his blood parents at one point or the other in their lives! They found their purpose - Gavin's mother in baking and signs from the divine, Gavin's father in political belief and social purpose - the trade unions. And Gavin found some consolation in believing that he is now and here and consists of present moments that make up his life and help him to reflect his identity! I think his self-discovery journey had a great outcome. he just was not able to see it straight away...

  • @milliewilkie1969
    @milliewilkie1969 18 дней назад

    i am exhausted LOL

  • @susanjohn6506
    @susanjohn6506 3 месяца назад +1

    Just goes to show that nothing good comes from thinking too much.

  • @mrmkgrdy8065
    @mrmkgrdy8065 Месяц назад

    Bloody hell,glad that's over!😅

  • @chrishowgill888
    @chrishowgill888 Год назад +2

    Wearing my ears out

  • @olivemd
    @olivemd 3 года назад +3

    So far, my thoughts are these. Thank God they were not my parents. I would be in prison long ago.

    • @olivemd
      @olivemd 3 года назад +1

      Glad I didn’t stop listening. It was rather good after those adopted parents were gone.

  • @auburnsynge-perrin6075
    @auburnsynge-perrin6075 7 месяцев назад

    Great to hear my 'pin-up' audio actor Nigel Anthony in a very unusual part - for him.

  • @alealelucy
    @alealelucy 4 месяца назад +2

    Neurotic - and a piece of genius! 😂❤

  • @janegardener1662
    @janegardener1662 3 года назад +2

    Hilarious!

  • @danamussen419
    @danamussen419 3 года назад +2

    Enjoying the story but the poor quality audio/high pitched whistling noise is painful so couldn't make it all the way through.

  • @TedaR
    @TedaR 3 года назад +4

    I'm 12mins in & I keep thinking of Amy Sherman-Palladino. Annoyingly amusing...lol. Ty CR! Do you ever sleep? 😄 Finally it's over & it only took me 6mths to finish it. Exhausting 😁

  • @spanishDoll1
    @spanishDoll1 3 года назад +1

    Sounds interesting

  • @mrbazzabee4013
    @mrbazzabee4013 3 года назад

    @ 43:22 !.....she mentions 'Sectional Intercourse'....and I - as a Yorkshireman.....I always thought that the very 1st 'act' of any Yarkshire couples would be C-R-I-C-K-E-T !....maybe it's just Me.

  • @jacquelineyaffe6141
    @jacquelineyaffe6141 3 года назад

    brilliant so life like, the americans expect the world to understand them this yorkshire,u.k.

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 2 года назад

      My another professional Yorkshire man / woman ? !
      It's like a conveyor belt. Apart from which : a North American accent is generally far more pleasant to listen to than incomprehensible Yorkshire gabbling. And I'm British ....so put that in your pipe !!

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes . Everyone in Britain is an
      intellectual giant . We sit around discussing Metaphysics and
      Marcel Proust into the wee small
      hours ...

  • @paulbennett772
    @paulbennett772 3 года назад +1

    Anyone reminded of 2 Python sketches?

    • @jacquelineyaffe6141
      @jacquelineyaffe6141 3 года назад

      me too, i loved this so life like,one has to understamd mentality

    • @lindajarvis4517
      @lindajarvis4517 3 года назад

      You were lucky... (Yorkshire accident)

    • @paulbennett772
      @paulbennett772 3 года назад

      @@lindajarvis4517
      Damn autocomplete!

  • @spanishDoll1
    @spanishDoll1 3 года назад +2

    Sponge henge?

    • @TedaR
      @TedaR 3 года назад

      IKR ?! lol

    • @juliakirkman1814
      @juliakirkman1814 7 месяцев назад +1

      This is explained right at the end of this play.

  • @ferberina
    @ferberina 3 года назад +1

    A case of nature versus nurture and nature appears to be inconsequential but it seems that so does nurture too. SO WHAT he is saying is that
    neither nature which depends on interpretation, nor nurture play a major part in a person's life???

  • @morganlowe3353
    @morganlowe3353 4 месяца назад

    We are all inherently selfish. 🥰

  • @enzeda
    @enzeda 4 месяца назад

    Audio hissing not good

  • @Nancy-pf6ft
    @Nancy-pf6ft 3 года назад +6

    OMIGOD make it stop

  • @debramcfadden2701
    @debramcfadden2701 3 года назад +2

    Very wity.

  • @guyhadsell3976
    @guyhadsell3976 2 года назад

    49:37 into this…..and I just can’t…🤦🏻
    How did I last that long. 🙄

  • @sabinemackinnon3510
    @sabinemackinnon3510 3 года назад +10

    Sorry, but what a load of twaddle spoken at the rate of knots....

    • @freednb
      @freednb 3 года назад +3

      voices are hammering into my brain need to listen to something else 😂

    • @michaelberg9656
      @michaelberg9656 7 месяцев назад

      Don't display your ignorance.

  • @lindadobson9854
    @lindadobson9854 3 года назад

    Leaving at 3:27..tarraaaaa

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 3 года назад +1

      We are DEVASTATED!

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 2 года назад

      Amazed you lasted that long.....!
      Good decision . It didn't get any better ..!

  • @deegeraghty9426
    @deegeraghty9426 3 года назад +3

    Too much loud shouting at the beginning so gave up as my ears were ringing !

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 3 года назад +1

      Try turning down the volume?

    • @deegeraghty9426
      @deegeraghty9426 3 года назад +1

      It's aggressive shouting ! Turned down the volume but still found it impossibe. Tried forwarding story on to see if shouting would turn into normal dialogue but my new tablet will not 'jump' forward ... no worries 🙂

    • @suspendeddisbelief401
      @suspendeddisbelief401 3 года назад

      @@deegeraghty9426 The parents carried on shouting...don't know how anyone could have enjoyed that.

  • @grumpychris
    @grumpychris 2 месяца назад

    Pity the recording radio wasn't tuned in properly. Every actor has a dreadful lisp.

  • @georgedog100
    @georgedog100 Год назад

    Usually, if I don't like the theme/or story line of a play, I turn it off, and find something that will hold my attention.
    It was the interplay with the very professional actors, and their sharp timing, that kept me tuned in.
    None of the characters are likeable, and Gavin really needs to find his "raison d'etre.".....or find a girl friend, or get a dog, or perhaps join The Foreign Legion......I would prefer him to take the third option.......................When I was left all at sea, halfway through this play.....I could hear myself screaming, "WHAT DO I DO! WHAT DO I DO! 😖👎👎👎👎👎

  • @JesEsponjoso2009
    @JesEsponjoso2009 3 года назад

    Esponja Celta spongebob ÑÑñÑÑññÑÑñÑññÑÑ

  • @andreavander6197
    @andreavander6197 3 года назад +2

    This play could have been better if it had been done differently. So over the top with all the shouting 🤔🤔🤔

  • @madelinesolk5734
    @madelinesolk5734 3 месяца назад

    Too many words. Exhausting and boring. The actors talk a mile a minute and never pause for breath.

  • @2msvalkyrie529
    @2msvalkyrie529 9 месяцев назад

    Whimsical " Northern " humour . Which becomes tiresome after about 10
    minutes. Only cliche missing was " there's trooble at t' mill " .

  • @johnbeck9103
    @johnbeck9103 3 года назад +1

    A very hard listen, tried to stick with it but gave up.

  • @margaretpatterson452
    @margaretpatterson452 3 года назад

    7

  • @rodpettet2819
    @rodpettet2819 3 месяца назад

    Dreadful.

  • @enriquebonifacino9939
    @enriquebonifacino9939 3 года назад +2

    This play is awful.

  • @fionabassett1298
    @fionabassett1298 3 года назад +1

    Didnt grab me, not the best play ive listened to. Disappointed 🥱

  • @RapunzelinOttawa
    @RapunzelinOttawa 3 года назад

    poor quality audio. Shame.