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The Eddystone Lights by ALAN PLATER
The Eddystone Rocks are a notorious death-trap; they lie in the path of vessels approaching Ply-mouth. So many lives had been lost that 300 years ago it was decided the rocks had to be marked with a lighthouse. In 1699 Henry Win stanley, conjurer and theatre-owner, took up the challenge ...
Music by GEORGES, DELERUE
Producer CHRISTOPHER 1,A FONTAINE

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Plater
Unknown:
Henry Win
Winstanley:
Alan Badel
Smeaton:
Brvan Marshall
Rudyerd:
John Hallam
John:
Peter Schofield
Matthew:
Chris Harris
Whitfield:
Wensley Pithey
Louis XIV:
Andre Maranne
Lovett:
Brian Hayes
Lighthouse keeper:
Harry Webster
Weston:
Geoffrey Toone
BOX:
Norman Mitchell

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