![]() The local people are barbaric and wild, but their Raja turns out to be an exquisitely mannered, former Cambridge man, with the most Western tastes, yet withal the heart of a ruthless Oriental despot and it soon becomes clear that he has a particular reason for delaying the return of the luckless trio. The scene is a small and inaccessible independent state in the foothills of the Himalayas here the aeroplane containing Doctor Traherne and Major and Lucilla Crespin makes a forced landing. James's Theatre in 1923, and gave the late George Arliss one of his most sensational roles as the Raja of Rukh. " The Green Goddess" ran for four hundred performances at the St. Near the end of his life, he turned playwright on his own account and scored enormous success with a splendid, suspenseful melodrama in the best, old-fashioned manner. ![]() William Archer was a formidable Scottish dramatic critic, the early friend of Bernard Shaw, the translator of Ibsen, the advocate of the modern drama. ![]() An adventure play by William Archer Adapted for broadcasting by Howard Rose Abraham Sofaer, Howard Marion-Crawford, James McKechnie ![]()
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