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FROLIC WIND

on BBC Radio 3

The novel by Richard Oke and the play by Richard Pryce adapted by JONQUIL ANTONY
Behind the facade of their historic country mansion, the eccentric and aged chatelaines of Pagnell Bois preserve a way of life that takes no stock of Time or Change and conceals its own secrets. Alas for them, their Ivory Tower proves no less vulnerable to Stress and Storm than the fabric of the House itself.
The action takes place at the Jeunes' ancestral home, during a midsummer night in the years between the two great wars. with Martita Hunt
Phyllis Neilson-Terry Pianist.
Cicely Hoye Flautist, Alfie Kahn
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Fourth broadcast

Contributors

Novel By:
Richard Oke
Play By:
Richard Pryce
Adapted By:
Jonquil Antony
Unknown:
Martita Hunt
Pianist:
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
Pianist:
Cicely Hoye
Unknown:
Alfie Kahn
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
as the Ladies of Pagnell Bois:
Una Venning
as the Ladies of Pagnell Bois:
Dorice Fordred
Lady Athaliah Jeune:
Martita Hunt
Lady Damaris Mocque-Stallyon,her widowed sister:
Phylus Neilson-Terry
Lady Bernice Jeune:
Una Venning
Lady Cleone Jeune:
Dorice Fordred
Princess Rosencrantz-Guildenstem,a friend:
Gladys Spencer
Miss Jewell (Cissie):
Perlita Neilson
Mr Charlecote, a young painter:
William Job
Mr Roxborough an ' authority ':
Earle Grey
Miss Vulliamy, a novelist:
Patricia Laffan
Guests at Pagnell Bois: Mrs Murat-Blood:
Janet Burnell
Guests at Pagnell Bois: General the Hon. Charles Tresmand:
Frank Partington
Mrs Dawe:
Hilda Kriseman
Sir Lothair Smith, a late-comer:
Leslie Perrins
Jerrold, a butler:
Will Leighton
James, a footman:
Antony Viccars
Storyteller:
Lionel Gamlin

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