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W. H. Berry in 'ALL HANDS ASHORE'

on National Programme Daventry

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or ' The Skipper of the Scallywag '
A Comic Semi-Nautical Operetta by Ashley Steme and A. A. Thomson
Lyrics by A. A. Thomson
Music by Ashley Steme
Characters, in order of speaking
1939 The Ancient Mariner and a chorus of villagers, sailors, and Island maidens with the BBC Revue Chorus and Augmented Variety Orchestra, conducted by Percival Mackey
The scene is the bar-parlour of The Poop and Porthole, alternating between the years 1939 and 1789, with sundry interludes at sea and on Crocus Island in the South Pacific
Production by Archie Campbell
' All Hands Ashore' will be broadcast again on Saturday (Regional,
4.0)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ashley Steme
Unknown:
A. A. Thomson
Unknown:
A. A. Thomson
Unknown:
Percival MacKey
Production By:
Archie Campbell
Mabel, barmaid at The Poop and Porthole:
Effie Atherton
Tony two:
Charles Mason
Jill tourists:
Mollie Maureen
Bill Bludgeon, a retired pirate:
W. H. Berry
Lieutenant Alan Fairford, R N:
Patrick Waddington
Timothy, his cousin:
Cyril Fletcher
Martha, serving-maid at The Poop and- Porthole:
Annie Other
Mairuna, Princess of Crocus Island:
Wynne Ajello
Lula, an Island maiden:
Mollie Maureen
Hell-cat Harriet, dictatrix of Crocus Island:
Mary O'Farrell
Ben Parbuckle:
Franklyn Bellamy

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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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