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A drama by Hugh Walpole
Adapted for television by Nigel Kneale
[Starring] Sebastian Shaw, Gillian Lind, Walter Fitzgerald

The action takes place in the Cathedral town of Polchester in the summer of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Year, 1897
At 8.20

(Second performance: Thursday at 7.30)

Contributors

Author:
Hugh Walpole
Adapted:
by Nigel Kneale
Settings designed by:
Stephen Bundy
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Adam Brandon, Archdeacon of Polchester Cathedral:
Sebastian Shaw
Canon Foster:
George Bishop
Canon Bentinck-Major:
John Kidd
Amy Brandon, the Archdeacon's wife:
Gillian Lind
Joan Brandon, the Archdeacon's daughter:
Josephine Griffin
Miss Milton:
Pat Nye
Canon Ronder:
Walter Fitzgerald
Ellen Stiles:
Betty Marsden
Lord St. Leath (Johnny):
William Patrick
Agnes:
Fanny Carby
The Rev. Frank Morris (of St. James'):
John Hussey
The Dean of Polchester:
George Skillan
Falk Brandon, the Archdeacon's son:
Philip Guard
The Rev. Ambrose Wistons:
James Ottaway

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