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The Tragedy of Pompey the Great

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A play by John Masefield.
[Starring] James Carney
The action takes place between 50 B.C. and 48 B.C.
Scenes:
Pompey's house near Rome
The Staff Officers' tent at Dyrrachium
The deck of a merchantman off the Egyptian Coast
(Second performance on Thursday at 8.30 p.m.)

Contributors

Author:
John Masefield
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Settings:
Stephen Bundy
Antistia, a maidservant:
Isabel Dean
Philip, a servant:
John Witty
Cornelia, wife of Pompey:
Rachel Gurney
Julia:
Shelley Lynn
Metellus Scipio, her father:
Jack Livesey
Pompey:
James Camey
Theophanes:
George Skillan
Cato:
Leonard White
A Gaulish Lancer:
Roy Dean
Domitius Ahenobarbus:
David Greene
Lentulus:
Richard Caldicot
Cotta, a Centurion:
Robert Brown
Acilius:
Stanley Baker
Lucius Lucceius:
Alban Blakelock
A Ship-captain:
Frank Birch
Ship-boy:
Eddie Sutch
Mate:
Leonard White
Achillas Egyptian:
Roy Dean
Septimius:
Alban Blakelock
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Barry Blake
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Geoffrey Curtis
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Reginald Birks
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Roy Nightingale
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Harry Hearne
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Kim Grant
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
John Francis
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Alan Gore-Lewis
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Kenneth Osborne

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