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Four from ' The Day's Work '
A series of four plays based on the short stories of RUDYARD KIPLING adapted and dramatised by A. R. RAWLINSON with 4: The Bridge Builders
India. The early 1890s. A new railway bridge is being built over the River Ganges, with giant stone supports on either side. But ' Mother Gunga ' refuses to be hemmed in by these stone wails and calls upon her gods for help.
Produced and directed by GLYN DEARMAN

Contributors

Stories Of:
Rudyard Kipling
Dramatised By:
A. R. Rawlinson
Unknown:
Mother Gunga
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Rudyard Kipling:
Sean Barrett
Findlayson:
John Pullen
HITCHCOCK:
Leslie Heritage
Peroo:
Madhav Sharma
Guru:
Garard Green
Rao of Baraon:
Sam Dastor
Mother Gunga:
Jane Hylton
Shiva:
Peter Pratt
Hanuman:
Andrew Sachs
Kali:
Shirley Dixon
Ganesh:
Jack May
Indra:
John Rye
Krishna:
Malcolm Reid

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