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Afternoon Theatre

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An Item on the Agenda by KEN METHOLD
' All I'm saying is that in the village they have to work together as a mutual help society. Leprosy is a horrible disease, but it does not make people totally incapable. The only way to really help them is to encourage them to overcome their handicaps. It does them no good to let them sit around in a hospital all day, feeling sorry for themselves. How would you rather spend the rest of your life? Imprisoned in an institution, your every movement and action governed by rules devised for administrative convenience, or in an ordinary self-regulating community ...? '
Also taking part: ROD BEACHAM WALTER HALL , JEFFREY SEGAL
IRENE SUTCLIFFE , JAMES THOMASON Produced and directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Beacham Walter Hall
Unknown:
Jeffrey Segal
Unknown:
Irene Sutcliffe
Directed By:
John Theocharis
Len Williams:
Stephen Murray
John Hughes:
Peter Egan
Suchitra Hughes:
Elizabeth Proud
Morrison:
Stephen Thorne
Thai Doctor:
Paul Meier
Lady Chairman:
Mary Wimbush
Mrs Wilson:
Joan Matheson

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