1600-1642
PROGRAMME 8
Donald Wolfit in 'A NEW WAY
TO PAY OLD DEBTS'
A comedy by Philip Massinger
Music composed by Anthony Bernard
Edited and produced by Raymond Raikes
Characters in order of speaking:
FRANK WELLBORN , a prodigal (David Peel): Timothy TAPWELL , an alehouse keeper (Philip Cunningham ); FROTH, Tapwell's wife (Cecile Chevreau ); TOM ALLWORTH, page to Lord Lovell (John Rye); ORDER, Amblp, FURNACE, servants to the Lady Allworth (Charles Simon , Jon Rollason , Ronald Baddiley ); THE LADY ALLWORTH, a rich widow (Rosalind Iden ); Justice GREEDY (Norman Shelley ); SIR Giles OVERREACH, a cruel extortioner (Donald Wolfit ); JACK MARRALL , a creature of Sir Giles Overreach (Derek Smith ); LORD Lovell (Gabriel Woolf ); MARGARET, Overreach's daughter (Mary Duddy ); WILLDO, a parson (John Scott )
London Chamber Orchestra
(leader, Lionel Bentley ) conducted by the composer
The Scene: The country near Nottingham
The Year: 1625