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A Romantic Play
Specially written for the microphone by Wilfrid Rooke Ley and Christopher Martin

Principal Characters: M Chopin, the elder; Titus Woycieckowski, his friend; Countess Wodjinska; Countess Orsetti, her mother; Count Wodjinski; Jules Slowacki; Count Skarbeck; A Landlord; Two Englishmen; A Russian; Students; Wodjinska; Two Brothers of Marie Wodjinska

The Cast includes: Spencer Trevor; John Cheatle; Ruth Anderson; Gladys Young; Charles Lefaux; Guy Pelham Boulton; Robert Speaight; Philip Wade; Alban Blakelock; Cecil Trouncer; Alexander Sarner; Charles H. Mason; Anthony Pendrill; Murri Moncrieff; Hugh Dempster; Jean Ross; Frances Clare; Hermione Gingold; Henry Bronkhurst

(Daventry National Programme)

Contributors

Writer:
Wilfrid Rooke Ley
Writer:
Christopher Martin
Music under the direction of:
Stanford Robinson
Production:
Val Gielgud
The Abbe Jelowcki:
H.O. Nicholson
Countess Skarbeck (formerly Marie Wodjinska):
Lilian Harrison
Frederick Chopin:
Harman Grisewood
[Actor]:
Spencer Trevor
[Actor]:
John Cheatle
[Actress]:
Ruth Anderson
[Actress]:
Gladys Young
[Actor]:
Charles Lefaux
[Actor]:
Guy Pelham Boulton
[Actor]:
Robert Speaight
[Actor]:
Philip Wade
[Actor]:
Alban Blakelock
[Actor]:
Cecil Trouncer
[Actor]:
Alexander Sarner
[Actor]:
Charles H. Mason
[Actor]:
Anthony Pendrill
[Actor]:
Murri Moncrieff
[Actor]:
Hugh Dempster
[Actress]:
Jean Ross
[Actress]:
Frances Clare
[Actress]:
Hermione Gingold
Pianist:
Henry Bronkhurst

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