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presents two early English comedies
John Laurie in Noah's Flood
Arranged from the fifteenth-century miraclie plays of Newcastle, Chester, Wakefield, and Hegge by John. Barton
9.0 app.
Norman Wooland in Gammer Gurton's Needle
Anon. (c. 1560)
Music composed' by Elizabeth Poston played by the Goldsbrough Orchestra conducted by Douglas Robinson
The plays adapted for radio by RAYMOND RAIKES and edited from his original productions for The First Stage broadcast in the Third Programme from 1956 to 1957

Contributors

Unknown:
John Laurie
Unknown:
John. Barton
Unknown:
Norman Wooland
Composed By:
Elizabeth Poston
Conducted By:
Douglas Robinson
Unknown:
Raymond Raikes
Noah:
John Laurie
The AngeL:
Godfrey Kenton
Satan:
Anthony Jacobs
Noah's wife:
Mary O'Farrell
Shem:
John Glen
Ham:
John Forrest
Japhet:
Allan McClelland
Shem's wife:
Annette Kelly
Ham's wife:
Betty Linton
Japhet's wife:
Janette Richer
Deus:
Deryck Guyler
Diccon, the Bedlam:
Bedlam Wooland
Hodge, her servant:
Michael Bates
Tib, her maid:
Denise Bryer
Cock, her boy:
Geoffrey Matthews
Dame Chat, an alehouse keeper:
Betty Hardy
Doctor Rat, the curate:
John Ruddock
Master Bailey, the bailiff:
James Dale
Scapethrift, his servant:
Servant Manning

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