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A comedy by Ian Hay.
From the BBC's West of England television studio
(Constance Chapman appears by permission of the Rapier Players, Ltd.)

At 8.15
Old Adam Baxter is something of a local legend at Broxborough, with his fine learning and his books and his Saturday-night gatherings of friends who come to hear him read Shakespeare or Homer, or to discuss any subject that is to be found in the Encyclopaedia - at least the first nine volumes of it. Ask us about anything from Aaron to Pragmatic Sanction and we're infallible; but put up one that comes between Prairie Oyster and Zymotic and we're sunk.
But there are other gaps in the apparent learning of Adam Baxter, as some of the not so friendly members of his Saturday circle are anxious to demonstrate-though their success, if success it can be called, brings an even more surprising revelation... R.A.

Contributors

Author:
Ian Hay
Producer:
Owen Reed
Designer:
Desmond Chinn
Adam Baxter:
Hedley Goodall
Dr. Blain:
Geoffrey Matthews
Janie Bird:
June Barrie
The Rev. Arthur Vellacott:
John Wyse
Ann Vellacott:
Sheila Allen
Mrs. Caddick:
Constance Chapman
Doris Jenkins:
Helena de Crespo
Ada Bone:
Jill Barron
Corporal Tanner:
Bernard Fishwick
Peter Croft:
Terence Brook
Mr. Pettigrew:
Lewis Gedge
Mr. Mould:
Norman Tyrrell

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