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World Theatre presents Donald Wolfit, Cecil Trouncer, and Betty Baskcomb in ' THE ALCHEMIST'

on BBC Home Service Basic

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by Ben Jonson
Adapted for broadcasting by Frank Hauser
Produced by Donald McWhinnie
Music composed and directed by Leighton Lucas
Neighbours and officers: Frank Atkinson , Sibell Gill , Stanley Groome. John Schlesinger , Gladys Spencer , and Ronald Sidney
The Scene: London

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Jonson
Broadcasting By:
Frank Hauser
Produced By:
Donald McWhinnie
Directed By:
Leighton Lucas
Unknown:
Frank Atkinson
Unknown:
Sibell Gill
Unknown:
Stanley Groome.
Unknown:
John Schlesinger
Unknown:
Gladys Spencer
Unknown:
Ronald Sidney
Face, the housekeeper:
Donald Wolfit
Subtle, the alchemist:
Cecil Trouncer
Dol Common, their colleague:
Betty Baskcomb
Dapper, a lawyer's clerk:
Malcolm Hayes
Abel Drugger a tobacco-man:
Alastair Duncan
Sir Epicure Mammon, a knight:
Harold Scott
Pertinax Surly, a gamester:
Valentine Dyall
Ananias, a deacon:
Peter Jones
Tribulation Wholesome, a pastor of Amsterdam:
Dodd Mehan
Kastrill, the angry boy:
Anthony Jacobs
Dame Pliant, his sister (a widow):
Joan Hart
Lovewit, master of the house:
Laidman Browne

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