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The Iron Duchess by William Douglas Home adapted for radio by PEGGY WELLS with Athene Seyler
The action takes place in the drawing-room of Cranshaws Castle, the seat of the Duke of Whitadder. The time is the not-so-distant past.
Faced by a desperate challenge to law and order on the domestic front, the Duchess of Whitadder resorts to ' strong-arm ' tactics to quell the insurrection at its source.
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Broadcast on October 8. 1966

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Wells
Unknown:
Athene Seyler
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Jean, the parlourmaid:
Jean Marlow
Collins, the butler:
Peter Claughton
The Duke of Whitadder:
Ronald Ward
Mr Sass, the Gimaltan Minister:
Howard Goorney
The Duchess of Whitadder:
Athene Seyler
The Marquess of Cranshaws, her son:
Terence Alexander
The Rt. Hon. Percy Garvald, MP.,Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs:
Felix Felton
Mary Garvald, his daughter:
Barbara Barnett
The Rev William Twitworth:
Geoffrey Lumsden
Mrs Twitworth:
Rosamund Greenwood
Source: Radio Times

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