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A study in two parts of the trial of Marshal Ney in 1815
Written and produced by Christopher Sykes
Research editor, Harold Kurtz
[Starring] Valentine Dyall
Narration by Robert Speaight
with Hugh Burden as Reader

Part 1
Principal characters in order of speaking:

6.50 app. Beethoven Trio in B flat (Op. posth.) played by the Mannes-Gimpel-Silva Trio
(on gramophone records)

7.0 app. The War Criminal: Part 2
Principal characters in order of speaking: [see below]
Others taking part: Alexander Gauge, Derek Hart, Avice Landone, Betty Linton, Mary Morrell. David Peel, John Sharp, Anthony Shaw and Jack Shaw

Contributors

Unknown:
Marshal Ney
Produced By:
Christopher Sykes
Editor:
Harold Kurtz
Unknown:
Robert Speaight
Unknown:
Hugh Burden
Unknown:
Alexander Gauge.
Unknown:
Derek Hart
Unknown:
Avice Landone
Unknown:
Betty Linton
Unknown:
Mary Morrell.
Unknown:
David Peel
Unknown:
John Sharp.
Unknown:
Anthony Shaw
Unknown:
Jack Shaw
Marshal Gouvion St Cyr:
Francis de Wolff
King Louis XVIII:
Esme Percy
Marshal Ney:
Valentine Dyall
M Decazes:
Heron Carvic
Alphonse de Lamartine:
David King-Wood
Mme Ney:
Patience Collier
M Bellart:
Alec Finter
M Berryer:
Geoffrey Wincott
The Duke of Richelieu:
Lewis Stringer
The Duke of Wellington:
Deryck Guyler
Mme Hutchinson:
Joan Hart
Chancellor Dambray:
Oliver Burt
Marshal Ney:
Valentine Dyall
M Bellart:
Alec Finter
General Bourmonit:
Eric Lugg
M Dupin:
Anthony Jacobs
M Berryer:
Geoffrey Wincott
Count Lanjuinais:
Donald Gray
Count Porcher de Richebourg:
Harry Towb
Marshal Davout:
Carleton Hobbs
The Duke of Broglie:
Martin Starkie
A former French General:
John Rorke

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