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Afternoon Play: Dear Gerald

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By Gerald Meadows, dramatised by Alyson Hallet. A drama-documentary based on the letters sent by a 12-year-old English boy to his parents in England while he was evacuated to South Africa for the duration of the Second World War. The letters, lost for 60 years, describe without inhibitions a boy growing up in wartime South Africa. Featuring the real Gerald Meadows.
Director Pete Atkin

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Alyson Hallet.
Director:
Pete Atkin
Younger Gerald:
Jack Shute
Gerald's mother:
Elaine Claxton
Source: Radio Times

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