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Playhouse: For King and Country

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Another chance to hear one of the most moving and disturbing stories of the First World War in this play by John Wilson.
Passchendaele,.1917: Private Hamp, accused of desertion in the face of the enemy, is to appear before a court-martial. If found guilty he will be sentenced to death.
Director Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Play By:
John Wilson.
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Private Arthur Hamp:
Peter Gunn
2nd Lieutenant Hargreaves:
Kim Wall
Lieutenant Tom Webb:
Crawford Logan
Corporal:
Ken Cumberudge
Guard:
Ian Michie
President of the Court-Martial:
John Samson
Captain Prescott:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Lt at the Court-Martial:
Dominic Rickhards
Padre:
David Timson
Lieutenant Midgley:
Phillp Sully
Captain Fraser:
Michael Graham Cox
Source: Radio Times

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