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For Younger Listeners: The House with Two Doors
The fourth of five stories by Helen Clare.
told by David.

followed by
For Older Listeners: The Midnight Folk
by John Masefield (in celebration of his eightieth birthday).
made into a play in five parts by John Keir Cross.

'O let my jaw lay down and gnaw
Until my teeth are jaggy, Both cooked and raw the Scots wha hae My ain braw sonsie Naggy'.

Contributors

Writer (The House with Two Doors):
Helen Clare
Author (The Midnight Folk):
John Masefield
Adapter (The Midnight Folk):
John Keir Cross
Production (The Midnight Folk):
Josephine Plummer
The Presenter:
Richard Hurndall
Kay Harker:
Patricia Hayes
Rat:
Norman Shelley
Miss Sylvia Daisy:
Jill Balcon
Abner Brown:
Robert Eddison
Old Blinky:
Heron Carvic
Jane:
Kathleen Helme
Grandmamma Harker:
Ann Codrington
Brother Venom:
Stephen Jack
Twiney Pricker:
Charles E. Stidwill

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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