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Savrola dramatised by JOHN TYDEMAN with Paul Scofield , June Tobin Glyn Dearman , Norman Shelley In celebration of the centenary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill on 30 November 1874 we are re-broadcasting this dramatisation of his only novel, written in 1897 when he was a young officer in the 4th Hussars in India. The story is one of romantic and political intrigue set against the background of revolution in the imaginary Mediterranean state of Laurania. Admiral de Mello.ERIC ANDERSON
Other parts: HAMLYN BENSON GORDON FAITH , ALAN HAINES
STEPHEN THORNE , WILFRID CARTER BRUCE BEEBY , ROSALIND SHANKS
Producer AUDREY CAMERON (1964)

Contributors

Dramatised By:
John Tydeman
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Paul Scofield
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Tobin Glyn Dearman
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Norman Shelley
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Sir Winston Churchill
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Eric Anderson
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Hamlyn Benson
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Gordon Faith
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Alan Haines
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Stephen Thorne
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Wilfrid Carter
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Bruce Beeby
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Rosalind Shanks
Producer:
Audrey Cameron
Louis Moret:
Gordon Gardner
Lieutenant Tiro:
Glyn Dearman
President Antonio Molara:
Norman Shelley
Colonel Sorrento:
Patrick Barr
Lucile Molara:
June Tobin
Mr Secretary Miguel:
William Fox
Savrola:
Paul Scofield
Mayor Godoy:
John Ruddock
Lucile's maid:
Jane Wenham
Kreutze:
Peter Marinker
Bettine:
Hilda Kriseman

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