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Afternoon Theatre: The Soft September Air

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Flora Robson stars in The Soft September Air
A play for radio by Charlotte Hastings, specially written for Dame Flora
with Andrew Branch

"The dead winter snaps the heartstrings.
Or the trees stand bleak and bare,
Let the quiet mind remember
The soft September air"

(First broadcast Oct 1978)
(long wave only)

Contributors

Writer:
Charlotte Hastings
Title song composed by:
Michael Blanchard
Guitar[ist]:
Eric Hill
Director:
Graham Gauld
Lindsey Ashe:
Flora Robson
Dickon:
Andrew Branch
Mrs Bevil:
Betty Hardy
Horace Bellamy:
Hector Ross
Chris:
Sean Barrett
Blitz:
Kenneth Shanley
Millicent:
Margot Boyd
Dr Porteus:
Kenneth Barrow
DI:
Susan Sloman
Doctor:
Henry Knowles
Sister:
Brenda Kaye
Philip:
Gavin Campbell
TV newsreader:
Malcolm Gerard
The student:
Max Haeler
Source: Radio Times

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