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Hugh Burden and Carleton Hobbs in 'A Hedge, Backwards'

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A discovery for radio by Henry Reed
Production by Douglas Cleverdon

Characters from the play:

The fragments of Hilda Tablet's musique concrete renforcee and the three settings of 'There once was a garden' realised by Donald Swann

'The Primal Scene, as it were...,' a new programme by Henry Reed, said to be the last in the series about Herbert Reeve's encounters with the relatives and friends of the late Richard Shewin: March 11 and 14.

Contributors

Writer:
Henry Reed
Production:
Douglas Cleverdon
Music:
Donald Swann
Herbert Reeve, a scholar:
Hugh Burden
Stephen Shewin:
Carleton Hobbs
Connie, his wife:
Gwen Cherrell
Nancy Shewin, his sister-in-law:
Dorothy Primrose
Owen, Brian, and George Shewin, some of her sons:
Denis Quilley
Owen, Brian, and George Shewin, some of her sons:
Wilfrid Downing
Owen, Brian, and George Shewin, some of her sons:
M. Westbury
Hilda Tablet, a composeress:
Mary O'Farrell
Elsa Strauss, a singer:
Marjorie Westbury
Neville Pikelet, a theatrical producer:
Allan McClelland
General Gland, a general:
Deryck Guyler
Huffy:
Vivienne Chatterton
Narrative Prose:
Frank Duncan
Daisy Treadle:
Vivienne Chatterton
Roger:
Michael Meacham
Jennyi:
Janette Richer

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