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The Entertainer

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by John Osborne
[Starring] Donald Wolfit as Archie Rice
with Avis Bunnage, Jane Wenham, George Merritt
'The music-hall is dying, and with it, a significant part of England. Some of the heart of England has gone; something that once belonged to everyone, for this was truly a folk art.'
The play adapted for broadcasting by Bennett Maxwell
(Broadcast on June 8, 1964)
See page 36
This is the second of three plays which the BBC is repeating as a tribute to the late Sir Donald Wolfit. The last play, A New Way To Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger, can be heard next Sunday.

Contributors

Author:
John Osborne
Music:
John Addison
Adapted for broadcasting by:
Bennett Maxwell
Music directed by:
Bill Blezard
Producer:
H. B. Fortuin
Archie Rice:
Donald Wolfit
Billy Rice, his father:
George Merritt
Jean Rice, his daughter:
Jane Wenham
Phoebe Rice, his wife:
Avis Bunnage
Frank Rice, his son:
Andrew Sachs
William Rice, Brother Bill:
Kenneth Hyde
Graham Dodd:
Gabriel Woolf

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