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Morris on the Somme

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Mick Jones 's unusual play blends music, fact and dream to tell the story of the Rowscott Morris , an Oxfordshire Morris side who dance together, enlist together - and find themselves attacking together in the opening days of the Battle of the Somme.
Dances performed by the Wheatley Morris Men
Music: John Kirkpatrick
Director Nigel Bryant. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mick Jones
Unknown:
Rowscott Morris
Music:
John Kirkpatrick
Director:
Nigel Bryant.
Harry:
Ian Targett
Bumper:
Richard Avery
Ginger:
Martin Weedon
Jackie:
Philip Weaver
Tom:
Andrew Callaway
Wilfrid:
Martin Hyder
Ma:
Charlotte West Oram
Granfer:
Gerry Hinks
Stretcher Bearers:
David Holt
Stretcher Bearers:
Jonathan Wyatt
Source: Radio Times

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