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A revival of Lord Dunsany's play 'THE AURORA BOREALIS'

on BBC Home Service Basic

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Cast :
Scene : an officers' prisoners-of-war camp in Germany
Time : 1941
Produced by Lance Sieveking
Lord Dunsany, author of the very interesting play to be broadcast this evening, is an Irishman and one of the leading literary figures of his country. He is well known to listeners. Because he, has an unusual mind and is a master of the unusual he has written some of the best plays that have ever been broadcast. For the same reason he has written some of the best stories, many of which he has read at the microphone.

Contributors

Produced By:
Lance Sieveking
Major James Caxton:
Harold Scott
Lieutenant Foster:
Spencer Trevor
2nd Lieutenant Urthwaite:
Leslie French
flying Officer Jones, R A F:
Charles Spencer
Flying Officer Smith, R A F:
Anthony Quinn
A German Major in command of the prisoners-of-war camp:
Leo de Pokorny
A German N C O:
Hector Abbas

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