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The Four Feathers

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(from the novel by A.E.W. Mason)
A dramatic chronicle for broadcasting in twelve parts, written and produced by Peter Creswell Part 6 - ' The First Feather Reappears
Cast and ' r white fathers as a token of cowardice, disappears to Egypt to make good. In previous instalments listeners heard how his friend Colonel Durrance encountered him out there in disguise and how Durrance himself, blinded by sunstroke, wrote to Ethne, at one time Harry's fiancee. This brings the story to the outset of this week's instalment.

Contributors

Novel By:
A. E.W. Mason
Produced By:
Peter Creswell
Captain Calder:
Ivan Samson
Colonel Durrance:
Carleton Hobbs
Mrs Adair:
Barbara Couper
Ethne Eustace:
Mary O'Farrell
Captain Willoughby:
Philip Cunningham
Lieutenant Sutch, R N (Retired) who tells the story:
Cecil Trouncer

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