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Theatre 625: Coming Up for Air

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by George Orwell.
Dramatised by Robin Chapman.
With Colin Blakely
(Colin Blakely is a National Theatre player; Mary Allen is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Author:
George Orwell
Dramatised by:
Robin Chapman
Designer:
Michael Wield
Producer:
Cedric Messina
Director:
Christopher Morahan
George as a young man:
Roger Bradley
George Bowling:
Colin Blakely
A.J. Minter:
Frederick Farley
Mr. Witchett:
Maitland Moss
Communist clerk:
Larry Dann
Hilda Bowling:
Carmel McSharry
Miss Minns:
Ann Way
Mrs. Wheeler:
Peggy Aitchison
Billy:
Robert Bartlett
Lorna:
Joy Measures
Men in train:
Maurice Travers
Men in train:
Richard Merson
Mellors:
David Pinner
Violet:
Judy Stephen
Waitress in milk bar:
Faith Curtis
Sergeant:
Reginald Jessw
Katie:
Denise Brown
Hodges:
Norman Wynne
George's father:
Geoffrey Tyrrell
George's mother:
Julie May
Grimmett:
Howard Lang
Elsie:
Susan Tracey
Simpson:
Patrick Godfrey
Receptionist:
Mimi Whitford
Lady in hotel:
Mary Allen
Waitress in the tea shop:
Ann King
Vicar:
Christopher Banks
Barmaid:
Isabel Rennie
Yorkshire man:
Clifford Cox
Sir Joseph Cheam:
Donald Layne-Smith
Shopkeeper:
Edward Palmer
Man in short trousers:
Richard Caldicot
Flower-seller:
Gabrielle Day
Flower-seller:
Harry Shacklock
Source: Radio Times

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