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CHILDREN'S HOUR

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Castles in the Air?
A reminder from David about Request Week voting which starts this week
5.5 Pauline Letts and Timothy Bateson in ' Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens
Adapted by H. Oldfield Box
7—' An End and a New Beginning '
Production by Josephine Plummer
' It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold. Of all my worldly possessions I took with me no more than a few necessaries. Where I might go, what I might do, or when I might return, were questions utterly unknown to me; nor did I vex my mind with them, for it was wholly set on Provis's safety. I only wondered for the passing moment, as I stopped at the door, and looked back, under what altered circumstances I should next see these rooms, if ever....'

Contributors

Unknown:
Pauline Letts
Unknown:
Timothy Bateson
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Adapted By:
H. Oldfield Box
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Pip:
Timothy Bateson
Joe Gargery:
Preston Lockwood
Estella:
Denise Bryer
Miss Havisham:
Pauline Letts
Herbert Pocket:
Simon Lack
Mr Jaggers:
Peter Bull
Provis:
John Sharp
Mr Wemmick:
Charles Leno
Biddy:
Rosamond Barnes
Orlick:
Barry Letts
Startop:
Alan Reid
Landlord:
Oliver Burt

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