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The Shaw Festival: Man and Superman

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A comedy and a philosophy by BERNARD and John Tanner finds himself entrapped by the wiles of a very vital ' new woman Ann Whitefield. The loquacious Tanner is also the mouthpiece for many aspects of Shaw's own ' philosophy not only on the relationship between men and women and the enslavement of marriage but on society in general.
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN
(The Doctor's Dilemma, is on Monday at 3.2 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tanner
Unknown:
Ann Whitefield.
Directed By:
John Tydeman
John Tanner:
Alec McCowen
Ann Whitefield:
Anna Massey
Roebuck Ramsden:
Michael Denison
Mrs Whitefield:
Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies
Octavius Robinson:
Gary Bond
Mr Malone:
Norman Rodway
Henry Straker:
Nigel Anthony
Miss Ramsden:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Violet Robinson:
Carole Boyd
Hector Malone:
Peter Whitman
Maid:
Norma Ronald
Narrator.:
Denys Hawthorne
Source: Radio Times

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