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For Children of Most Ages
' The Great Toytown Mystery '
A Toytown Play by S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production by Josephine Plummer
(Felix Felton is in ' Where's Charley? ' at the Palace Theatre)
5.30 For Older Children
First Attempts
Young artists making their first broadcast
From Belfast
Cicely introduces
Maeve McCreanor (soprano)
Accompanist. Havelock Nelson
From Glasgow
Kathleen introduces
The Scottish Junior Ensemble
Accompanist, Margaret Rankin
From London
Claire introduces
Carolyn and John Hursey
(two pianos)
At the organ, Charles Smart

Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Felix Felton
Accompanist:
Havelock Nelson
Accompanist:
Margaret Rankin
Unknown:
John Hursey
Unknown:
Charles Smart
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
The Sentry:
Norman Shelley
Mr Growser:
Ralph de Rohan

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