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A Play in Two Acts by Vivian Tidmarsh.
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How to crush the pirate gangs that hide among the islands round the Chinese coast is the problem confronting the Consular Service, with their meagre patrol of two destroyers for every 500 miles of water. Force of arms being out of the question, an exceptionally cunning plan is needed to defeat the highly-organized, well-informed pirates, and their terrifying leader, Ah Foo. Fortunately, by means of the deepest secrecy (even the captain of the English vessel is kept in ignorance), such a plot is concocted, which is designed to outwit and lure to destruction the Pirate King himself.
Act 1. In the Captain's Cabin of the s.s. Kwantung
Act II. On the bridge-twenty-four hours later

Contributors

Writer:
Vivian Tidmarsh
'Big Bill' Jix a Globe Trotter:
Donald Davies
Frederick Wilson, Captain of the s.s. Kwantung:
Ivor Maddox
Phillip MacGregor, Second Officer:
Tom Jones
George Adams, Purser:
John Morgan
Stanley Jones, Wireless Operator:
Sidney Hope
Herbert Barrows, Owners' Agent:
T.G. Bailey
Ah Foo, a Pirate:
G. Lynch-Clark

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