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Antony and Cleopatra

on Network Three

by William Shakespeare adapted for radio by R. D. Smith and with Rupert Davies , Gordon Gardner and Ralph Truman
Music specially composed by Humphrey Searle
Conducted by Marcus Dods
Produced by R. D. SMITH
(Second broadcast)
(Peggy Ashcroft is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

During the interval (9.5-9.15*)
A record of Leclair's Sonata in D major, for flute, cello, and harpsichord played by members of the Maxence Larrieu Quartet

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
R. D Smith
Unknown:
Rupert Davies
Unknown:
Gordon Gardner
Unknown:
Ralph Truman
Composed By:
Humphrey Searle
Conducted By:
Marcus Dods
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Unknown:
Maxence Larrieu
Cleopatra:
Peggy Ashcroft
Antony:
Peter Finch
Philo:
Denis McCarthy
Mardian, an Egyptian eunuch:
Basil Jones
Scarus:
Bruce Beeby
Charmian:
Gudrun Ure
Alexas:
Patrick Barr
Soothsayer:
Wilfrid Carter
Enobarbus:
Rupert Davies
Iras:
Sylvia Coleridge
Messenger:
Stephen Thorne
Octavius Caesar:
Gordon Gardner
Lepidus:
Andrew Sachs
Sextus Pompeius:
Ralph Truman
Menas:
John Hollis
Agrippa:
Robert Sansom
Octavia, Caesar's sister:
Margaret Gordon
Eros:
Timothy Harley
Dolabella:
Alan Haines
Schoolmaster:
David Andrews
Thidias:
Peter Bartlett
Guard:
Peter Marinker
Dercetas:
Frederick Treves
Countryman:
John Hollis
Singer:
Hamlyn Benson

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