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A Dance to the Music of Time

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A dramatisation in eight parts by Frederick bradnum of Books Do Furnish a Room, Temporary Kings and Hearing Secret Harmonies, the final trilogy of ANTHONY POWELL 'S 12 novels.
The Second World War has drawn to a victorious conclusion. For Nicholas Jenkins another phase has passed. He returns to civilian life finding that war has left, on the one hand, a passionate desire to tackle a lot of work: on the other, never to do any work again. The Dance is building up now to a vast picture of modern life. in which violence and disaster are only just below the lighthearted surface. 1: Books Do Furnish a Room
Title music composed by ANTONY MIALL
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Powell
Unknown:
Nicholas Jenkins
Composed By:
Antony Miall
Directed By:
Graham Gauld
Nicholas Jenkins:
Noel Johnson
Widmerpool:
Brian Hewlett
Pamela:
Jo Manning Wilson
Bagshaw:
David Gooderson
Sillery:
Preston Lockwood
Ada Leintwardine:
Frances Jeater
Short:
Alan Dudley
Lady Isobel:
Elizabeth Proud
Dicky Umfraville:
Brian Carroll
J G Quiggin:
Gordon Dulieu
Alfred:
John Church
Lady Craggs:
Susan Sloman
Norah:
Sonia Fraser
Blanche:
Theresa Streatfeild
Frederica:
Phyllida Nash
Mona:
Tammy Ustinov

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