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For the Schools: Fact in Fiction

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Introduced by Hugh Ross Williamson.
A comment on some of the bad schools of the last century illustrated by extracts from BBC telerecordings of drama productions.
Nicholas Nickleby: Dotheboys Hall with Esmond Knight as 'Squeers'
and Vanity Fair: Miss Pinkerton's Academy with Joyce Redman as 'Becky Sharp'

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugh Ross Williamson
Squeers (Nicholas Nickleby):
Esmond Knight
Becky Sharp (Vanity Fair):
Joyce Redman
Arranged by:
Rosemary Hill
Producer:
Ronald Eyre
Source: Radio Times

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