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Book at Bedtime: Archy and Mehitabel

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Don Marquis 's story concerns Archy, a poet reincarnated as a cockroach. Every night he leaps onto the keys of a typewriter, relating his experiences of the world. Archy's view of life is countered by Mehitabel the cat. Archy is played by John Guerassio and Mehitabel by Eartha Kitt. Abridged in eight episodes by Neville Teller. A Rewind production

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Unknown:
Don Marquis
Played By:
John Guerassio
Unknown:
Eartha Kitt.
Unknown:
Neville Teller.
Source: Radio Times

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