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Sailor's Song

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A play for voices freely adapted from the sea stories Of JAMES HANLEY by ALUN RICHARDS with Three survivors are adrift in a ship's lifeboat. One of them has been injured, and in his drei.ms he recalls his life as an ordinary seaman in the period between the wars, from the first romantic stirring of the sea in his blood to the final landfall.
Produced by LORRAINE DAVIES

Contributors

Stories Of:
James Hanley
Unknown:
Alun Richards
Produced By:
Lorraine Davies
John Manion:
William Squire
Sheila:
Elizabeth Morgan
Mrs Bryant:
Rachel Thomas
Duffy:
Alaric Cotter
Reilly:
Allan McClelland
Crawley:
Dillwyn Owen
Young Manion:
Frank Lincoln
Bosun:
Ivor Roberts
First survivor:
Ralph Lawton
Second survivor:
Clive Roberts
Source: Radio Times

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