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The Shape of Things to Come

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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley 's masterpiece is the first in a season of plays looking into a future. Written in 1931, it foresaw a world 600 years hence where procreation would be by test tube, and emotions drug-controlled.
Music Wilfredo Acosta.
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine Producer Marilyn Imrie. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Aldous Huxley
Music:
Wilfredo Acosta.
Dramatised By:
Stephen Mulrine
Producer:
Marilyn Imrie.
The Savage:
Gary Cady
Mustapha Mond:
Jack Klaff
Lenina Crowne:
Moir Leslie
Bernard Mara:
Jonathan Tafler
Linda:
Frances de la Tour
Helmholtz Watson:
Sean Pertwee
Director of Hatcheries:
Hugh Dickson
Henry Foster:
Nigel Carrington
Fanny Crowne:
Jane Whittenshaw
President of Worship:
Susan Sheridan
Benito Hoover:
Andrew Wincott
Headmistress of Eton:
Petra Markham
Archsongster of Canterbury:
Timothy Carlton
Primo Mellon:
Mark Straker
Nurse:
Joanna Myers
Boy:
Richard Pearce
Spanish guide:
Walter Acosta
Source: Radio Times

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