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The Monday Play: The Orange Earth

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Adam Small
with Yvonne Bryceland as Brenda (Babie) Adams, Tony Osoba as Johnny Adams and Jack Klaff as the Warder

Jonny Adams is a young Cape-coloured. He is imprisoned for a serious crime and during his trial the important relationships in his life are revealed - with his wife, his father, his brother and, most recently, with his warder.
(Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Adam Small
Director:
Christopher Venning
Brenda (Babie) Adams:
Yvonne Bryceland
Johnny Adams:
Tony Osoba
The Warder:
Jack Klaff
Pappa Adams:
Lionel Ngakane
Judge:
Mel Oxley
Counsel for the Defence:
Sean Barrett
State Prosecutor:
Adrian Egan
Clerk of the Court:
Alfred Hoffman
[Actor]:
Michael Shevelew
[Actor]:
Ben Ellison
[Actress]:
Carole Boyd
[Actress]:
Leonie Hofmeyer
[Actor]:
Anthony Hall
Source: Radio Times

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