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A VERY GREAT MAN INDEED

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

by Henry Reed CHERRELL
Settings of Schopenhauer and ' Don'hurt my Heart' composed and played by DONALD SWANN
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
First broadcast in 1953; another hearing of the 1961 production

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Reed
Played By:
Donald Swann
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Herbert Reeve, a scholar:
Hugh Burben
Stephen Shewin, brother of the novelist:
Carleton Hobbs
Connie Shewin, his wife:
Gwen Cherrell
Muffy:
Vivienne Chatterton
The Misses Adela and BettyBurkley:
Janette Richer
The Misses Adela and Betty:
Marjorie Westbury
Richard Shewin's valet:
Frank Duncan
T H Powers, another novelist:
Norman Shelley
Lady Blackie:
Betty Hardy
Hilda Tabiet, a composeress:
Mary O'Farrell
Elsa:
Marjorie Westbury
Miss Rich:
Cécile Chevreau
Nancy Shewin, sister-in-law:
Of The
novelist:
Dorothy Primrose
Janet, her daughter:
Gwen Cherrell
Owen, Brian, and George, a few:
Of Her Sons Denis Quilley,
ANTHONY REESE, and:
M Westbury
Narrative prose:
Frank Duncan
Source: Radio Times

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