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HENRY AINLEY in ' HASSAN'

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The story of Hassan of Baghdad and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand, by James Elroy Flecker. Adapted for broadcasting by Dulcima Glasby
Part 2
Cast
Dancing women, beggars, soldiers, police, pilgrims, merchants, attendants, and casual loiterers
The BBC Chorus (Section B) and the BBC Orchestra (Section C)
Led by Thomas Peatfield
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
The play produced by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Unknown:
James Elroy Flecker.
Unknown:
Thomas Peatfield
Conducted By:
Clarence Raybould
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Hassan, a confectioner:
Henry Ainley
The Caliph Haroun Ar Raschid:
Alan Wheatlcy
Ishak, his minstrel:
Robert Eddison
Jafar, his Vizier:
Frank Cochrane
Masrur, his executioner:
J B Rowe
Rafi, King of the Beggars:
Alec Clunes
Selim, a friend of Hassan's:
Peter Glenville
The Chief of the Police:
Gordon McLeod
The Captain of the Military:
Norman Shelley
Ali nondescripts:
Hector Abbas
Abdu nondescripts:
Frank Snell
Alder slaves:
Lesley Deane
Willow slaves:
Mary Graham
Tamarisk slaves:
Joyce Moore
Juniper slaves:
Jill Nyasa
The Porter of Yasmin's house:
Eliot Makeham
The Chinese Philosopher:
Frank Snell
A Dervish:
Hector Abbas
The Ghost of the Fountain:
Peter Glenville
A Herald:
Carleton Hobbs
The Prison Guards:
Eliot Makeham
The Prison Guards:
William Trent
Pervaneh:
Thea Holme
Yasmin:
Susan Taylor
A Narrator:
Carleton Hobbs
The Master of the Caravan:
J. B. Rowe

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