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The Monday Play

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Trumpet-Major by THOMAS HARDY dramatised by MICHAEL KITTERMASTER with Ian Holm , Gareth Thomas Rosalind Ayers and Christopher Benjamin
The soldiers who came to the village of Overcombe and won the hearts of the young ladies had little idea that they'd end up as dust on the battlefields of Salamanca, Toulouse and Waterloo. For one particular soldier, affairs of the heart were complicated by a rival who was not only a sailor, but also his brother.
With DOUGLAS BLACKWELL
MICHAEL GOLDIE , MICHAEL HARBOUR and ANNE ROSENFELD
Songs arranged by MARY NASH
TRUMPETERS OF THE BLUES AND ROYALS. Produced and directed by JANE MORGAN
(Repeated: Sunday 2.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Dramatised By:
Michael Kittermaster
Unknown:
Ian Holm
Unknown:
Gareth Thomas
Unknown:
Rosalind Ayers
Unknown:
Christopher Benjamin
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell
Unknown:
Michael Goldie
Unknown:
Michael Harbour
Arranged By:
Mary Nash
Miller Loveday:
Christopher Benjamin
Mrs Garland:
Diana Bishop
Anne:
Rosalind Ayers
John Loveday:
Ian Holm
Bob Loveday:
Gareth Thomas
Festus Derriman:
Michael Attwell
Cripplestraw:
Peter Woodthorpe
Matilda Johnson:
Nicolette McKenzie
Noakes:
David Ashford
Stubbs:
David Cann
Old Sailor:
Anthony Jacobs
Jim Cornick:
Peter Craze

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