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Afternoon Theatre: Across the Boundary/The Price of Hope

on BBC Home Service Basic

Two plays for radio by Rosemary Timperley
"Across the Boundary" with Frank Duncan and Jane Wenham
When Alec pays for a strange girl's meal in a restaurant, she asks him to let her stay the night at his flat.
3.30* "The Price of Hope" with Marjorie Westbury as Lesley Forrester
A retired opera singer is barely able to afford the luxury of a telephone which never rings, —then one day it does, and she is invited to appear at the local theatre.

Contributors

Writer:
Rosemary Timperley
Accompanist:
Frederick Stone
Plays produced by:
Audrey Cameron
Jean:
Jo Manning Wilson
Lesley Forrester:
Marjorie Westbury
Mike:
Andrew Sachs
Bus conductor:
Hamlyn Benson
Stage doorman:
John Boxer
Mr Lawrence:
Norman Claridge
Bruce Lawrence, his son:
Stephen Thorne
A boy:
Glyn Dearman
A girl:
Valerie Kirkbright

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