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A Theatre at War

on BBC Radio 3

The Army Bureau of Current Affairs - or ABCA - was strongly committed to the writing and mounting of documentary plays for the troops during the Second World War. Their aim was ' to inform and sustain morale.'
Arnold Goldman recalls a little-known but creative period of British drama. with the recorded voices of: SIR RONALD FORBES ADAM
SIR WILLIAM EMRYS WILLIAMS
MICHAEL MiCOWAN , STEPHEN MURRAY JACK LINDSAY , LORD WILLIS, BRIDGET BOLAND , ANDRE VAN GYSEGHEM , MARGARET COURTENAY , ALAN BADEL In the play extracts:
KERRY FRANCIS. PETER PACEY SEAN ARNOLD , DON FELLOWS ALAN DUDLEY , NORMA RONALD Producer MAURICE LEITCH

Contributors

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Sir Ronald Forbes Adam
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Sir William Emrys Williams
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Michael Micowan
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Stephen Murray
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Jack Lindsay
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Bridget Boland
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Andre van Gyseghem
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Margaret Courtenay
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Alan Badel
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Kerry Francis.
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Peter Pacey
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Sean Arnold
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Don Fellows
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Alan Dudley
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Norma Ronald
Producer:
Maurice Leitch

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