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The Bitter Conquest
A play adapted from her novel by Charity Blackstock with David March
Effie Morrison , Bryden Murdoch Gudrun Ure , Douglas Murchie
In 1750. four years after the Battle of Culloden, there is an uneasy peace between the English and the Highlanders in Inverness. Jamie Macdonald, mutilated by the English troops at Culloden, continues to wage a desperate battle against them on Culloden Moor. The English: The Scots:
The Singer: MARGARET FRASER The Piper:
Pipe-Major DONALD MACLEOD
Produced by AUDREY Cameron
Broadcast on February 3. 1964
Repeated: Monday, 3.15 p.m.
See page 49

Contributors

Unknown:
Effie Morrison
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Gudrun Ure
Unknown:
Douglas Murchie
Singer:
Margaret Fraser
Unknown:
Major Donald MacLeod
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
The General:
Godfrey Kenton
Captain Adams:
David March
Captain Trevor:
Arthur Bolano
The Sergeant:
Stephen Thorne
Duncan Moir:
Douglas Murchie
Helen Moir:
Gudrun Ure
Jamie Macdonald:
Bryden Murdoch
Christian Forbes:
Effie Morrison
Murdoch Forbes:
Sheila Donald
A soldier:
John Shedden
A jailor:
John Shedden
First woman:
Sheila Latimer
Second woman:
Sheila Donald
Source: Radio Times

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