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Dark Eagle
A play for radio based on the life and career of Benedict Arnold by VAL GIELGUD with William Squire as Benedict Arnold
'The Dark Eagle will soar aloft to the sun. Nations will behold him and sound his praises. Yet when he soars highest his fall is most certain. When his wings brush the sky, then the arrow will pierce his heart.' (The Indian Natanis to Arnold at their first meeting)
Joshua Smith. .......JOHN GABRIEL Major Tallmadge.KERRY FRANCIS Richard Varick. ......SEAN ARNOLD Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY † (Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)
(Martin Jarvis is in ' Divorce in Chancery' at the New Theatre. Bromley)

Contributors

Unknown:
Benedict Arnold
Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
William Squire
Unknown:
Benedict Arnold
Unknown:
Joshua Smith.
Unknown:
John Gabriel
Unknown:
Richard Varick.
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Peggy Arnold:
Patricia Gallimore
Capt George Stanhope:
John Rye
Gen George Washington:
Cyril Shaps
Gen Schuyler:
George Hagan
Gen Charles Lee:
Malcolm Hayes
Gen Antony Wayne:
Sean Arnold
Edward Shippen:
Stuart Nichol
Gen Knox:
John Bentley
Gen Gest:
Jonathan Scott
Gen Sir Henry Clinton:
Hector Ross
Major John Andre:
Martin Jarvis
John Stansbury:
Peter Tuddenham
Source: Radio Times

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