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The 1861 Whitby Lifeboat Disaster by PETER TERSON with and Written for the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, the play investigates the real-life disaster of 1861 and the myths and stories surrounding it.
Singer RAY FISHER
Harmonium MARY NASH
Concertina JIMMY ROBERTSON Adapted and produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Terson
Singer:
Ray Fisher
Unknown:
Mary Nash
Concertina:
Jimmy Robertson
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Francis Haydn Williams:
Stephen Murray
Mrs Tattersfield:
Barbara Lott
Henry Freeman:
David March
Mr Buchanan:
Brian Haines
Mrs Agar:
Kathleen Helme
Canon Austen:
John Rowe
Mrs Williams:
Sheila Grant
Mr Marwood:
David Gooderson
Dr Hingston:
Brian Haines
John Leadley:
David March
Effie Dobson:
Jill Lidstone
Mrs Dobson:
Kathleen Helme
Mr Home:
John Samson
Capt Martin:
Douglas Blackwell
William Dixon:
David Gooderson
Edward Tyreman:
John Rowe
Lop Naylor:
John Samson
Harbourmaster Tose:
Ronald Herdman
Mrs Storr:
Kathleen Helme
Sir Charles Strickland:
Rolf Lefebvre
Source: Radio Times

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