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A Play is Born

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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An adaptation by Robert Gittings based on 'How a Play Is Produced' by Karel Capek
Cast
also stage-hands, audience, critics, etc.
Produced by John Cheatle

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Gittings
Produced By:
Karel Capek
Produced By:
John Cheatle
Narrator:
Cecil Trouncer
The dramatist:
Robert Eddison
The dramatist's mother:
Gladys Young
The producer:
Antony Holles
The stage manager:
Ivor Barnard
Props:
Carleton Hobbs
Players in the dramatist's play: Clara:
Lydia Sherwood
Players in the dramatist's play: Gus:
Arthur Young
Players in the dramatist's play: Katie:
Betty Hardy
Players in the dramatist's play: George:
James McKechnie
The programme girl:
Lucille Lisle
Source: Radio Times

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