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The Friday Play

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First Love by IVAN TURGENEV translated and dramatised by JOAN O'CONNOR With and Vladimir was only 16 when he first fell in love, but the memory of that love stayed with him all his life. He was teased, he was encouraged, and he was used with a ruthlessness that he couldn't begin to understand.
Music for guitar arranged and played by ERIC HILL JOHN FRASER (piano)
Directed by JANE MORGAN (R)

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Joan O'Connor
Played By:
Eric Hill
Piano:
John Fraser
Directed By:
Jane Morgan
Vladimir Voldemar:
Simon Cadell
Zinaida:
Rosalind Ayres
Dr Lushin:
John Carson
Piotr Voldemar:
Hugh Dickson
Maria Voldemar:
Penelope Lee
Fyodor:
Alan Mason
Vonifaty:
John Bott
Princess Zasyekina:
Antonia Pemberton
Bielvzorov:
Brian Carroll
Philipp:
William Nighy
Count Malievsky:
Michael Cochrane
Capt Nirmatsky:
Michael McStay
Maidanov:
Philip Sully

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