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A HANDFUL OF DUST

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Evelyn Waugh adapted for radio by DENIS CONSTANDUROS with Jack Watling and Stephanie Beacham
I will show you fear in a handful of dust
T. S. ELIOT : The Waste Land
A new production based on Waugh's tragi-comic novel of infidelity and disillusion in the 1930s.
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by BRIAN MILLER
See page 38

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Unknown:
Denis Constanduros
Unknown:
Jack Watling
Unknown:
Stephanie Beacham
Unknown:
T. S. Eliot
Produced By:
Brian Miller
Storyteller:
Duncan McIntyre
Mrs Beaver:
Constance Chapman
John Beaver:
Graham Armitage
Tony Last:
Jack Watling
Brenda Last:
Stephanie Beacham
Ben Hacket:
Norman Tyrrell
John Andrew:
Ysanne Churchman
Nanny:
Barbara Mitchell
Marjorie:
Rosalind Shanks
Jock Scott-Menzies:
Victor Lucas
Milly:
Ysanne Churchman
Babs:
Rosalind Shanks
Polly Cockpurse:
Barbara Mitchell
Jenny Abdul Akbar:
Margaret Robertson
Miss Ripon:
Pauline Letts
Mrs Rattery:
Ann Murray
Mr Graceful:
Duncan McIntyre
Winnie:
Pauline Letts
Detective:
Rex Holdsworth
Reggie St Cloud:
Esmond Rideout
Dr Messenger:
Norman Tyrrell
Rosa:
Margaret Robertson
Mr Todd:
Rex Holdsworth
Source: Radio Times

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