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World Theatre: The Adding Machine

on BBC Home Service Basic

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By Elmer Rice
Adapted for broadcasting by Beatrice Gilbert
[Starring] Stanley Maxted

Scene 1. A bedroom in an American tenement
Scene 2. An office in a department store
Scene 3. Zero's dining room
Scene 4. A Court of Justice
Scene 5. A graveyard
Scene 6. The Elysian Fields
Scene 7. Another office

Tonight at 9.15

Contributors

Author:
Elmer Rice
Adapted by:
Beatrice Gilbert
Producer:
Noel Iliff
Mr. Zero:
Stanley Maxted
Mrs. Zero:
Gladys Spencer
Daisy Diana Dorothea Devore:
Vivienne Bennett
The Boss:
Charles Maunsell
Mr. One:
Arthur Ridley
Mrs. One:
Lucille Lisle
Mr. Two:
Stanley Groome
Mrs. Two:
Grizelda Hervey
Mr. Three:
Charles Leno
Mrs. Three:
Olive Gregg
Policeman:
Ernest Sefton
Judy O'Grady:
Wyn Clare
Young man:
Alan Pearce
Shrdlu:
Frank Atkinson
Lieutenant Charles:
Finlay Currie
Joe:
Charles Leno

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