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A play by Royston Morley.
[Starring] Robin Bailey
The action of the play is set in a house in Knightsbridge, and in the office of the Attorney-General.
Second performance: Thursday at 7.0

This is a play with distinctly topical echoes. Its theme has to do with the human conscience, with honesty in its various aspects, practical and intellectual. The battleground in this instance is the soul of Sir Robert Bristow. He is Attorney-General in a British Government, a man of mind and strong character. His father, a hard-bitten Yorkshire business-man, put him through school and university, then left him to make his way at law. This he did brilliantly, marrying a decorative socialite hostess on the way. Now, on the eve of promotion to Cabinet rank, his success would seem assured.
But in fact his position, both political and personal, is far from invulnerable, so that when a scandal threatens, which seems to tie together the various threads of his discontent, Sir Robert needs all has strength of character to cope, for the issue is corruption (Peter Forster)

Contributors

Writer:
Royston Morley
Producer:
Rosemary Hill
Settings:
Barry Learoyd
Fisher:
Winifred Hill
Caroline Elliott:
Cecile Chevreau
Sir Robert Bristow, Attorney-General:
Robin Bailey
James Bristow:
George Merritt
Anthony Canstaire:
James Drake
Charles Price:
Ferdy Mayne
Lady Bristow:
Alvys Maben
Herbert Turner:
Gordon Bell
Henry Canning:
Ronald Adam
Messenger:
Reginald Atkinson
A young man:
Lyndon Brook

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