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The Wednesday Play: A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

on BBC One London

by Julia Jones
with Walter Fitzgerald, Valerie White, Margery Mason, Alan Lake

The teaching about artificial birth control in the recent Papal Encyclical on marriage has resulted in a furore not only within the Roman Catholic Church. Tonight's play illustrates this controversy in human terms and also from the woman's point of view. The Kellys have several children, and another is on the way. Edna Kelly, the mother and a convert, has been advised by her doctor that for health reasons she should have an abortion. But as a Catholic, and a woman, such an action seems unthinkable to her.
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Contributors

Writer:
Julia Jones
Designer:
Raymond London
Script Editor:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Producer:
Graeme McDonald
Director:
Geoffrey Nethercott
Fr. Curran:
Walter Fitzgerald
Madge:
Margery Mason
Florence:
Valerie White
Arthur:
P.G. Stephens
Fr. James:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Gilbert:
Alan Lake
Edna:
Jean Marsh
Sheila:
Geraldine Sherman
Peg:
Amy Mitchell

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