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The Cathedral by Hugh Walpole adapted for radio in three parts by BRIAN GEAR with The Cathedral is one of Walpole's most popular ' Glebeshire ' novels. The first of a sequence, it is about cathedral in-fighting and politics in the world at the turn of the century, centring round that fearsome defender of the Faith, Archdeacon Adam Brandon.
Part 1: which tells of the coming to Polchester of his new potential rival Canon Ronder, and of the significant Affair of the Garden Roller ...
Time: Jubilee Year, 1897
Produced by BRIAN MILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Walpole
Unknown:
Brian Gear
Unknown:
Adam Brandon.
Produced By:
Brian Miller
Archdeacon Adam Brandon:
Stephen Murray
Aunt Alice:
Thelma Barlow
Canon Frederick Ronder:
Michael Kilgarriff
Falcon Brandon:
Frank Barrie
Amy Brandon:
Clare Austin
Joan Brandon:
Louise Pajo
Ellen Stiles:
June Barrie
Miss Milton:
Angela Brooking
Johnny St Leath:
Andrew Simpson
Mrs Combermere:
Daphne Heard
Arthur Morris:
Esmond Rideout
Annie Hogg:
Hilary Newcombe
Canon Ryle:
Rex Holdsworth
Canon Beutinck-Major:
Ronald Russell
Canon Foster:
Norman Tyrrell
Dean Sampson:
Hedley Goodall
Archdeacon Witheram:
Bernard Padfield
Source: Radio Times

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