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SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE

on BBC Home Service Basic

Mrs. Thompson by Mollie Hardwick with Margaret Wolfit and William Eedle
The love story of Nelson and Lady Hamilton
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company The Singers:
BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT and GORDON FAITH
JOHN BECKETT (harpsichord)
Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Mollie Hardwick
Unknown:
Margaret Wolfit
Unknown:
William Eedle
Singers:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Singers:
Gordon Faith
Harpsichord:
John Beckett
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Mrs. Mary Cadogan, Emma Hamilton's mother:
Ella Milne
Emma, Lady Hamilton:
Margaret Wolfit
Nancy, her maid:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Sir William Hamilton:
Carleton Hobbs
Whyte, the butler:
Alan Haines
Horatio, Viscount Nelson:
William Eedle
Phyllis:
Jane Wenham
George Matcham:
Wilfrid Carter
Kitty Matcham, Nelson's sister:
Joan Matheson
The Rev. William Nelson,Nelson's brother:
Peter Claughton
Sarah Nelson, his wife:
Gillian Maude
Dr Parrett:
Gordon Faith
Horatia Nelson Thompson. daughter of Nelson and Emma:
Josefina Ray
Captain Blackwood:
Allan McClelland

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