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The Saturday Play: The Bird in the Tree

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The story of Damerosehay, the magnificent house owned for many years by the matriach of the Eliot family, Lucilla.
Between the world wars she is coping with the emotional upheaval in the house caused by her much loved nephew David failing in love with the estranged wife of a close family relative. Dramatised by Jennifer Curry from the novel by Elizabeth Goudge.
Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Jennifer Curry
Novel By:
Elizabeth Goudge.
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Lucilia:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Nadine:
Caroline Langrishe
David:
Scott Handy
Ben:
Steven Roberts
Hilary:
Hugh Dickson
Ellen:
Susan Jameson
Obadiah:
Timothy Bateson
Source: Radio Times

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