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For the Children: Crackers for Christmas

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A holiday programme

The entertainers in order of appearance: Jack Watson, Daphne Anderson and Johnnie Heawood, Eric Lukis, Billy McComb assisted by Timothy, and Victor Baring and Patrick Benson disguised as Rudolph

Four Choirboys from Holy Trinity Church, Southall, Middlesex

and the Schichtl-Rulyans Marionette show

Devised and produced by Dorothea Brooking who writes on page 45

(The Schichtl-Rulyans Marionette Show appears by permission of Ralph Marshall)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Incidental music composed and played by:
John Hooper
Settings:
Richard Henry
Devised and produced by:
Dorothea Brooking
The family - Father:
Donald Bisset
The family - Mother:
Marjorie Wilde
The family - Grannie:
Vera Harley
The family - Bobbie:
Robert Dickens
The family - Brenda:
Brenda Carter
A neighbour:
Lilian Ellis
Entertainer:
Jack Watson
Entertainer:
Daphne Anderson
Entertainer:
Johnnie Heawood
Entertainer:
Eric Lukis
Magician:
Billy McComb
Rudolph:
Victor Baring
Rudolph:
Patrick Benson
Source: Radio Times

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