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in B. Iden Payne 's production of Shakespeare's
' Much Ado about Nothing' with incidental music by ANTHONY BERNARD played by The Memorial Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by the Composer
Characters
The scene of the play is laid at Messina, in and near Leonato's house, and later in a church and in a prison
The broadcasting adaptation arranged by Howard Rose
(From Birmingham)

Contributors

Unknown:
B. Iden Payne
Music By:
Anthony Bernard
Presenter:
Sara Jackson
Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon:
Donald Wolfit
Don John, his bastard brother:
Norman Wooland
Claudio, a young Lord of Florence:
Peter Glenville
Benedick, a young Lord of Padua:
James Dale
Leonato, Governor of Messina:
Gerald Kay Souper
Antonio, his brother:
Stanley Hewlett
Balthasar, attendant on Don Pedro:
Donald Layne-Smith
Borachio followers of Don John:
Raymond Raikes
Conrade followers of Don John:
Alexander Gauge
A Friar:
Donald Eccles
Dogberry, a Constable:
Roy Byford
Verges:
Geoffrey Wilkinson
A Messenger:
Basil Langton
A Sexton:
Basil Langton
Watchmen:
Kenneth Wicksteed,
Watchmen:
John Rudling,
Watchmen:
Dennis Roberts
Beatrice, niece to Leonato:
Barbara Couper
Hero, daughter to Leonato:
Valerie Tudor
Margaret Gentlewomen attending on Hero:
Buena Bent
Ursula Gentlewomen attending on Hero:
Rosalind Lden

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