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AFTERNOON THEATRE

on BBC Home Service Basic

The Canary by R. B. AMOS with Derek Blomfield , Dorit Welles and Mary O'Farrell
Police Constable Baker, on his first assignment in the Force, deserts his beat at night when appealed to by a young woman who tells him she is running away from the house of an amorous employer. Meantime a warehouse is robbed and he realises too late that the girl was a decoy—a 'canary.'
Cast in order of speaking:
Time: 1840.
Production by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
R. B. Amos
Unknown:
Derek Blomfield
Unknown:
Dorit Welles
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Sergeant Harris:
Peter Claughton
P C Baker:
Derek Blomfield
Madge Roberts:
Dorit Welles
Cabby:
Jonathan Scott
Mr Corbey:
Earle Grey
Inspector Johnson:
Rolf Lefebvre
First gentleman:
Malcolm Hayes
Second gentleman:
Jonathan Scott
Joseph Banks:
Arthur Gomez
Beggar:
Anthony Viccars
A bully:
Earle Grey
A woman:
Barbara Mitchell
Mo'ly:
Mary O'Farrell
John Digger:
Malcolm Hayes
Liza:
Peggy Butt

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