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' The Story of Persephone '
A play for broadcasting based on a Greek myth by Muriel Hardill
Produced by Herbert Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Muriel Hardill
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Child:
Judith Gibson
Grandmother:
Louise Andrews
A Nymph of the Woods:
Rosalie Williams
A Nymph of the Mountain:
Judith Bradshaw
A Nymph of the Stream:
Ann Craig
Demeter, the Corn Mother:
Jessica Dunning
Persephone, her daughter:
June Kearsley
A toad:
Norman Somers
Dis, King of the Underworld:
Peter Kennaby
Zeus, King of the Heavens:
Fred Fairclough
A little girl:
Sandra Brown
A man:
Bill Price
Hermes, Messenger of Zeus:
Geoffrey Banks
A quarryman:
Trevor Hill
The boatman:
John Broadbent
Source: Radio Times

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