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From the Court Theatre-2 Robert Eddison and Gladys Young in ' THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL'

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by St. John Hankin
Arranged for broadcasting by Howieson Culff
Production by Archie Campbell
Three of the plays produced at the Court Theatre, London, during 1904-7 under the Vedrenne-Barker management are being presented in the Third Programme this month. Maeterlinck's ' Aglavaine and Selysette ' (broadcast last week) had six Court performances late in 1904; Hankin's ' The Return of the Prodigal,' nineteen performances in 1905 and 1907; and Granville-Barker's ' The Voysey Inheritance ' (to be broadcast on July 27 and 28), thirty-four performances in 1905 and 1906. Howieson Culff writes about ' The Return of the Prodigal' on page 4

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hankin
Broadcasting By:
Howieson Culff
Production By:
Archie Campbell
Production By:
Howieson Culff
Narrator:
Antony Kearey
Samuel Jackson:
Felix Felton
Maria, his wife:
Elsa Palmer
Henry, their elder son:
Howieson Culff
Eustace, their younger son:
Robert Eddison
Violet, their daughter:
Rachel Kempson
Raines, their butler:
Antony Kearey
Thomas, their footman:
Nicholas Parsons
Sir John Faringford, Bt:
Eric Maturin
Lady Faringford:
Gladys Young
Stella, their daughter:
Cherry Cottrell
Doctor Glaisher:
Lloyd Pearson
The Rev Cyril Pratt:
John Turnbull
Mrs Pratt:
Nancy Nevinson

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