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' THE TINDER-BOX'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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A play for radio, based on the story by Hans Andersen. Music specially composed by Francis Collinson. Written and produced by Francis Dillon

Contributors

Story By:
Hans Andersen.
Composed By:
Francis Collinson.
Produced By:
Francis Dillon
The Dogs:
Bryan Powley
The Soldier:
H Marion Crawford
Ex-soldier:
Richard George
Witch:
Mary O'Farrell'
The manager:
Edgar Norfolk
Higginbottom:
Ivor Barnard
Baron Hofkirch:
Charles Maunsell
King:
Norman Shelley
Queen:
Belle Chrystall
Princess:
Wendy Oliver
Cecilia:
Thea Wells
Shoemaker's boy:
Charles Hawtrey
The Officer:
Frank Partington
Ballad-Singer:
Robert Irwin
The Girl-Friend:
Anita Hill
Storyteller:
Molly Rankin
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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