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Three programmes in celebration of the Noel Coward centenary.

8.30 My Life with Noel
Coward's companion, the actor Graham Payn, celebrates the Coward centenary with reminiscences of his life with Noel.
Written by Barry Day.
Producer Ned Chaillet
(Repeat)

8.45 Hands across the Sea
Adapted by Malcolm McKee. Director Sue Wilson.
Set in 1935, Noel Coward's frothy cocktail catches the cream of London society in a mad whirl. Piggie and Peter Gilpin find themselves receiving tedious and unwanted visitors and are determined not to endure them alone.
Adapted by Malcolm McKee.
With Stephanie Beacham, Michael Cochrane, Sunny Ormonde, Susie Blake, Clifford Rose, Malcolm McKee, Christopher Scott, Josephine Tewson and Andrew Wincott.

9.20 Shadow Play
Adapted by Malcolm McKee. Director Sue Wilson.
Vicky and Simon Gayforth's love has been utterly romantic, but can the marriage withstand society's intrusion on their idyll? Coward's musical dream play takes wit and sentiment to the brink of madness.
With Steven Pacey, Julia Watson, Susie Blake, Michael Cochrane, Cathy Sara, Malcolm McKee, Sunny Ormonde and Roger May. Musicians: Malcolm McKee,
Paul Arden Taylor, Audrey Douglas, Katherine Gittings, Suzanne Walden and
Kevin Waterman.

Contributors

Play One:
Hands Across the Sea
Author:
Noel Coward
Adapted by :
Malcolm McKee
Director:
Sue Wilson
Piggie Gilpin:
Stephanie Beacham
Peter Gilpin:
Michael Cochrane
Claire Wedderburn:
Sunny Ormonde
Mrs Wadhurst:
Susie Blake
Mr Wadhurst:
Clifford Rose
Major Gosling:
Malcolm McKee
Alistair Corbett:
Christopher Scott
Walters:
Josephine Tewson
Mr Burnham:
Andrew Wincott
Play Two:
Shadow Play
Author:
Noel Coward
Adapted by:
Malcolm McKee
Director:
Sue Wilson
Simon Gayforth:
Steven Pacey
Victoria Gayforth:
Julia Watson
Martha Cunningham:
Susie Blake
George Cunningham:
Michael Cochrane
Sibyl Heston:
Cathy Sara
Michael Doyle:
Malcolm McKee
Lena:
Sunny Ormonde
Young Man:
Roger May
Piano/Musical Director:
Malcolm McKee
Oboe:
Paul Arden Taylor
Harp:
Audrey Douglas
Violin:
Katherine Gittings
Cello:
Suzanne Walden
Percussion:
Kevin Waterman

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