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A farce by W. Somerset Maugham.
[Starring] Barry K. Barnes, Barbara Murray, Geoffrey Sumner
The action of the play takes place in Victoria's house in Westminster, shortly after the end of the 1914-1918 war.
(Barbara Murray appears by permission of the J. Arthur Rank Organisation Ltd.)
Second performance: Thursday at 7.30
Lionel Hale writes on page 45

Contributors

Writer:
W. Somerset Maugham
Producer:
Desmond Davis
Settings designer:
Barry Learoyd
Frederick, a hero:
Barry K. Barnes
William, another:
Geoffrey Sumner
Victoria, a dear little thing:
Barbara Murray
Mr. Leicester Paton, a wangler:
Philip Leaver
Mr. A. B. Raham, a solicitor:
Frank Birch
Miss Montmorency, a maiden lady:
Joan Hickson
Mrs. Shuttleworth, a mother-in-law:
Ruth Taylor
Mrs. Pogson, a respectable woman:
Helene Burls
Miss Dennis, a manicurist:
Myrtle Reed
Taylor, a parlourmaid:
Sonia Moray
Nannie, a nurse:
Gwenda Wilson
Source: Radio Times

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