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Such Men Are Rare
A series of plays which tell of the rise to fame and fortune of Samuel Pepys adapted and dramatised by A. R. RAWLINSON from the Diary with Derek Smith as Pepys Terence Longdon
2: Music for the King
April 1660: Having obtained the post of Secretary to the General at Sea (none other than his influential cousin Sir Edward Montagu ) Sam is literally launched on his career In the Navy and is now aboard the ' Naseby ' ready to sail to Deal.
Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS
Derek Smith is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Pepys
Dramatised By:
A. R. Rawlinson
Unknown:
Derek Smith
Unknown:
Pepys Terence Longdon
Unknown:
Sir Edward Montagu
Produced By:
Keith Williams
Produced By:
Derek Smith
Samuel Pepys:
Derek Smith
Sir Edward MontaKU:
Terence Longdon
Captain Cuttance:
Victor Lucas
Bo'sun:
Alan Dudley
Master Phillips:
Ronald Herdman
Rear-Admiral Penn:
Roi F Lefebvre
Shepley:
Haydn Jones
King Charles:
John Justin
Duke of York:
Ian Thompson
William Coventry:
Peter Pratt
General Monk:
Ralph Truman
Mayor of Dover:
Preston Lockwood
Source: Radio Times

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