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Television World Theatre: The Captain of Koepenick

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(See above and pages 5 and 7)

At 8.30 Television World Theatre presents
Albert Lieven in
"The Captain of Koepenick"
by Carl Zuckmayer
with Rupert Davies and Ferdy Mayne
A new version by Elizabeth Montagu based on a translation by Howard Dietz

Scenes set in:
Potsdam, the Prussian Garrison Town, 1896
Sonnenburg Prison, ten years later
Rizdorf, outside Berlin
Berlin
Koepenick, a small town east of Berlin
Berlin, October 17, 1906

Contributors

Author:
Carl Zuckmayer
Translated by:
Howard Dietz
Adapted by:
Elizabeth Montagu
Producer:
Rudolph Cartier
Designer:
Guy Sheppard
Captain von Schlettow:
Charles Gray
Wabschke, tailor's cutter:
George Pravda
Wormser, uniform tailor:
Harold Kasket
Wilhelm Voigt, cobbler:
Albert Lieven
Superintendent of Police:
Theodore Wilhelm
Paul Kallenberg, ex-convict:
Thomas Gallagher
Waiter:
Frederick Schrecker
Dr. Jellineck:
Walter Gotell
Mizzi, street-walker:
Anita Douglas
Drunked Guardsman:
Brian Panton
Policeman:
Alex Bobrinskoy
Knell, factory manager:
Guy Deghy
Unemployed man:
George Herbert
Batman:
Thomas Foulkes
Obermueller, later Mayor of Koepenick:
Ferdy Mayne
Chaplain:
Arthur Shepherd
Governor:
Richard Marner
Warder:
Walter Magnee
Frau Hoprecht:
Lily Kann
Hoprecht, Civil Servant:
Rupert Davies
Frau Obermueller:
Lislott Goettinger
Fanny, the maid:
Marianne Walla
Sick girl:
Annette Carell
Police Messenger:
Charles Ross
Krakauer, old clothes man:
Meier Tzelniker
Railway Official:
Stanley Platts
Railway Official:
Michael Jacques
Corporal:
Peter Prowse
Kilian:
Steve Plytas
Police Officer:
Victor Fairley
Rosenkrantz, treasurer:
Paul Hardtmuth
Detective Inspector:
Hugo de Vernier
Commissioner of Police:
Otto Diamant
Police Sergeant:
John G. Heller
Passport Officer:
Victor Beaumont
Chief of Police:
Gerard Heinz
Passer-by:
Dorothy Alexander
Passer-by:
Michael Anthony
Passer-by:
Gertan Klauber

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