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Three Star Bill Drama: Wilfred Pickles as Courtenay Hill in 'THE TROUPER'

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A story of a pantomime dame by Jeffrey Segal
'There is something about Courtenay Hill tonight. He doesn't seem to belong to the ordinary work-a-day theatre that we know ... He belongs to the theatre seen through the eyes of a child.'
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Production by Audrey Cameron
(. A new production of the play first broadcast in the Home Service on December 8. 1954)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffrey Segal
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Bus driver:
Jeffrey Segal
Gus Gleason:
George Merritt
Miss Burke:
Betty Linton
Sam Kitchin:
James Thomason
Charlie, the stage-door keeper:
Leonard Trolley
Jean Ainslie, the stage-director:
Molly Rankin
Bill Malcolm, the producer:
Brewster Mason
Harry, the pianist:
Alan Paul
The Good Robber:
Trevor Martin
The Bad Robber:
Richard Waring
Principal Boy:
Betty Huntley- Wright
Principal Girl:
Annette Kelly
Theatre Manager:
Norman Wynne
J J Davies, the critic:
Godfrey Kenton
Policeman:
Hamilton Dyce
Source: Radio Times

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