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on BBC Home Service Basic

A Nativity for N-Town
Arranged for broadcasting by RAYMOND RAIKES from the fifteenth-century plays of Lincoln
Music, based on traditional carols, arranged and composed byELIZABETH POSTON
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company
BBC Chorus and a section of the New Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Harold Noble Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Raymond Raikes
Composed By:
Elizabeth Poston
Conducted By:
Harold Noble
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
Contemplation, who proclaims the play:
Carleton Hobbs
Abiathar, the High Priest:
Arthur Gomez
Mary:
June Tobin
The Angel Gabriel:
Godfrey Kenton
Joseph:
Norman Shelley
Voice of the Trinity:
John Pullen
Citizen of Bethlehem:
Anthony Viccars
Sheferds: Boosras:
John Baddeley
Sheferds: Maunfras:
George Hagan
Sheferds: Amys:
Anthony Hall
Herod the King:
Derek Smith
Balthazar, King of Saba:
Austin Trevor
Melchizar, King of Taurus:
Leslie Perrins
Jaspar, King of Ypotan and Archage:
David Valla
Seneschal to Herod:
Malcolm Hayes
Two women of Bethlehem:
Barbara Mitchell
Two women of Bethlehem:
Elizabeth Morgan
Death:
Kenneth Hyde
Source: Radio Times

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