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SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Anthony Hall in Le Petit Cafe
A farcical comedy by TRISTAN Bernard translated and adapted by Norman Ginsbury and Jacques Sarch
Albert is a waiter at Le Petit Cafe owned by August Philibert. He inherits a fortune but M. Philibert hears about it first and offers the unsuspecting Albert a contract to stay in his employ for twenty years. But if Albert resigns he will have to pay M. Philibert 20,000 francs compensation, and if Philibert sacks him he will have to pay Albert 20,000 francs. Does Albert resign, or is he sacked?
The place: Paris. The time: 1911
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Hall
Comedy By:
Tristan Bernard
Adapted By:
Norman Ginsbury
Adapted By:
Jacques Sarch
Unknown:
M. Philibert
Unknown:
M. Philibert
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Albert:
Anthony Hall
Mme Mirmain cashier at Le Petit Cafe:
Peggy Butt
Edwigre a Hungarian singer:
Marjorie Westbury
M Bigredon a shady lawyer:
Geoffrey Wincott
Mile Yvonne Philibert:
Sheila Grant
M August Philibert:
Leslie Perrins
Alphonse, dishwasher:
Peter Pratt
Manager of the Café Beaulieu:
Anthony Viccars
A General:
Rolf Lefebvre
M Plouvier:
Denys Hawthorne
A Journalist:
Michael Spice
Berengere d'Aquitaine, a lady of doubtful reputation:
Barbara Mitchell
Jacquejine Coeur another lady of doubtful reputation.:
Gudrun Ure
Henri Gastonnet a young provincial:
Lewis Stringer
M Xavier secretary of the Union of Café Waiters:
Arthur Gomez
Source: Radio Times

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