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AFTERNOON THEATRE

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Jill Balcon , Robert Eddison
Ronald Leigh-Hunt , Patrick Barr
Michael Kilgarriff in Emmanuel' by James Forsyth
A play for Christmas about the birth of the Child Christ and of the imagined drama of the human occasion of that birth.
The players, in order of speaking:
The scenes are set in the hills around Bethlehem, in the stable, and in the palace of Herod in Jerusalem.
† Produced by JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Robert Eddison
Unknown:
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Unknown:
Patrick Barr
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
Unknown:
James Forsyth
Produced By:
John Powell
The Shepherd:
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Joseph:
Michael Kilgarriff
Mary:
Jill Balcon
Justinius the Roman Procurator:
Patrick Barr
Herod, the King:
Robert Eddison
Thomas, the Innkeeper:
John Dearth
Innkeeper's Wife:
Betty Huntley-Wright
The Wise Man of Astronomy:
Heron Carvic
The Wise Man of Medicine:
Howieson Culff
The Wise Man of Chemistry:
Garard Green
Nicolus, servant of Herod:
Nigel Graham
Old Simon:
Stephen Jack
A young man of Bethlehem:
Gordon Gardner
Two women of Bethlehem:
Joan Matheson
Two women of Bethlehem:
Patricia Gallimore
Source: Radio Times

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