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SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

SOMERSET MAUGHAM 1874-1965
The Letter adapted for radio by RAYMOND RAIKES with Googie Withers
Stephen Murray , Carleton Hobbs The action takes place on a plantation in the Malay Peninsula and in Singapore. Period: about 1920
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
Broadcast on January 25. 1964
Repeated; Monday, 3.15 p.m. See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Somerset Maugham
Unknown:
Raymond Raikes
Unknown:
Googie Withers
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
A Quiet Voice:
Peter Pratt
Leslie:
Googie Withers
Geoffrey Hammond:
Gordon Faith
The head-boy:
Timothy Harley
Hassan, a Malay servant:
Kristopher Kum
John Withers, Assistant District Officer:
Glyn Dearman
Robert Crosbie Leslie's husband:
Stephen Murray
Howard Joyce:
Carleton Hobbs
Ong Chi Seng:
Andrew Sachs
Mrs Parker, a prison matron:
Molly Rankin
Chung Hi, a Chinese general dealer:
John Ruddock
Ah Sing:
Paul Tann
A Chinese woman:
Pik-Sen Lim
Mrs JOYCE:
Vivienne Chatterton
Source: Radio Times

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