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THE TOILERS OF THE SEA

on BBC Home Service Basic

A radio play in fifteen parts by LANCE SIEVEKING based on the novel by VICTOR HUGO
Old Lethierry , a rich boat-owner, lives with his niece, Deruchette, in St Peter Port, Guernsey. His partner, Alphonse Rantaine. hopes to marry Deruchette one day. In a small cottage outside the town lives Gilliatt, a strange young man whom the fisherfolk say practises witchcraft.
Part 2
Theme music by RONALD BINGE
Produced by JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Lance Sieveking
Novel By:
Victor Hugo
Novel By:
Old Lethierry
Unknown:
Alphonse Rantaine.
Music By:
Ronald Binge
Produced By:
John Powell
Storyteller:
Antony Viccars
Lethierry:
David March
Captain Clubin:
Malcolm Terris
D6ruehette:
Jo Manning Wilson
Douce:
Patricia Leventon
Grace:
Jane Wenham
Gilliatt:
Nigel Graham
Mme Vinchelez:
Gladys Spencer
Cruel man:
Geoffrey Wincott
Alphonse Rantaine:
Bruce Beeby

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