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Afternoon Theatre: William Conrad

on BBC Home Service Basic

by Pierre Boulle translated and adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
with Valerie Hanson, Jeffrey Segal, Clive Morton, Noel Johnson
William Conrad has escaped from Nazi Germany and is putting his literary talent at the disposal of the British Government. But there are some who doubt whether he is the patriot he appears to be.
(Broadcast on Dec. 29, 1962)
Pierre Boulle served with the Free French forces in Indo-China, was captured by the Japanese, escaped, and served with the British in India. He is the author of the novel The Bridge Over the River Kwai. William Conrad, written in 1950, was his first novel.

Contributors

Author:
Pierre Boulle
Translated and adapted for broadcasting by:
Cynthia Pughe
Producer:
Norman Wright
Diana Goodfellow:
Valerie Hanson
Marjorie Field:
Janet Burnell
Colonel Field:
Godfrey Kenton
Wallace Goodfellow:
Noel Johnson
Peter Welsford:
Charles Hodgson
William Conrad:
Jeffrey Segal
Mr X:
Clive Morton
Joan Barter:
Margaret Wolfit
Malone:
Will Leighton
Capt Arthur Patton:
Michael Spice
Other parts played by:
Timothy West
Other parts played by:
David Valla

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