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by Georges Schehade.
Translated from the French by Robert Baldick.
Adapted for radio and produced by H. B. Fortuin.
The action takes place about 1850 during a war
(Sunday's recorded broadcast)
(Felix Felton is appearing in 'Where's Charley?' at the Palace Theatre, London)

During the Interval (9.0-9.10 app.): Movements from Divertimento in B flat (K.439b No. 2) (Mozart): played by Leopold Wlach and Franz Bartosek (clarinets), Karl Oehlberger (bassoon) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Author:
Georges Schehade Translated by: Robert Baldick
Adapter/producer:
H. B. Fortuin
Music composed and conducted by:
Humphrey Searle
Clarinetist (Interval):
Leopold Wlach
Clarinetist (Interval):
Franz Bartosek
Bassoonist (Interval):
Karl Oehlberger
The Crows:
Peter Wilde
The Crows:
John Bryning
Lieutenant September:
David Spenser
Caesar:
Ernest Milton
Marguerite:
Hermione Hannen
Uncle Troppo:
Baliol Holloway
Uncle Rondo:
Rolf Lefebvre
Emerita:
Ernestine Costa
Madame Hilboom:
Una Venning
Monsieur Corfan:
Felix Felton
Vasco:
Jimmy Thompson
The Mirador General:
John Boddington
Lieutenant Hans or Mademoiselle Gisele:
John Bennett
Lieutenant Latour or Mademoiselle Mimi:
John Bryning
Major Braun:
John Cazabon
First Chestnut Tree or Sergeant Alexander:
Felix Felton
Second Chestnut Tree or Sergeant Paras:
James Thomason
Third Chestnut Tree or Sergeant Caquot:
George Merritt
Lieutenant Berberis:
John Scott
Corporal Aldo:
John Bryning
Private Fritz:
John Bennett
Drum-Major Franz:
James Thomason
Private Gregory:
Peter Wilde

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