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Musical Chairs

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Twentieth Century Theatre presents
"Musical Chairs"
by Ronald Mackenzie
[Photo captions] Andre Morell as Wilhelm Schindler, Kenneth Haigh as Joseph Schindler, Andree Melly as Mary Preston, Barbara Shelley as Irene Baumer, Marian Spencer as Mrs. Schindler, Cec Linder as Samuel Plagett, Ingeborg Wells as Anna, Donald Pickering as Geoffrey Preston

Tonight's play, the last in the Twentieth Century Theatre series, deals with the emotional conflicts within the Schindler family, and is set in and around the home of Wilhelm Schindler, who owns an oil well in Galicia, Poland. The year is 1931.

Contributors

Writer:
Ronald Mackenzie
Pianist:
Alfred Franks
Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Gerard Glaister
Wilhelm Schindler:
Andre Morell
Joseph Schindler:
Kenneth Haigh
Mary Preston:
Andree Melly
Irene Baumer:
Barbara Shelley
Mrs.:
SchindlerMarian Spencer
Samuel Plagett:
Cec Linder
Anna:
Ingeborg Wells
Geoffrey Preston:
Donald Pickering
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