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'The Siege of Knaresborough Castle': play by Bertha Lonsdale about a boy's adventures during the Civil War, founded on a real episode recorded in local history and

Contributors

Writer:
Bertha Lonsdale
Mistress Lucy Wright:
Edith Toms
Nicholas,her son:
Jim Calvert
Thomas, her husband:
Frank Crosland
Timothy, her father-in-law:
Wilfred Pickles
Captain of the Royalist Garrison:
Donald Avison
Lieut-Col Lilburne of the Parliamentarian Army:
Julian Somers
Mistress Fielding:
Muriel Levy
Mistress Whincup:
Mildred Dyson
Roundhead and Royalist sentry:
Fred Fairclough
Roundhead and Royalist sentry:
John Broadbent,
Roundhead and Royalist sentry:
Stanley Smith
Source: Radio Times

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