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A comedy by Emlyn Williams.
The action of the play takes place in William Byrd's house near Ongar, Essex, and in Richard Burbage's house, in Shoreditch.
The time is Spring, 1600.
(Second performance on Thursday at 8.30 p.m.)
(Rupert Davies appears by permission of London Films, Ltd.)

Contributors

Author:
Emlyn Williams
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Music composed and arranged by:
Herbert Menges
Settings Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Robert:
Michael Nightingale
Jeremy:
Tom Webster
Ann Byrd:
Jessica Spencer
Mistress Byrd:
Margery Bryce
Master John Kynaston:
Clive Ryder
Salathiel Pavy (Sally):
Barry MacGregor
Henry Condell:
Rupert Davies
Will Kempe:
Victor Woolf
Ned Pope:
Cameron Miller
Mother Harelip:
Winifred Hill
Winifred Burbage:
Edna Morris
Tom Day:
Roy Dean
Augustin Phillips:
John Vere
Grizzy Frost:
Ysanne Churchman
George Pearce:
Miles Manderson
Ben Cook:
Barry Steele
Richard Burbage:
Andrew Cruickshank
Kit Cooper:
John Fitzgerald
Nebuchadnezzar:
Harry Quashie
Lady Ooperario:
Joan Maude
Another visitor:
Margery Bryce

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