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Television Playwright: In a Backward Country

on BBC Television

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by Evan Jones.
[Starring] Wilfrid Lawson
and William Russell, Walter Hudd, Dorothy Bromiley

[Photo caption] Walter Hudd as Seth Duncan and Wilfrid Lawson as Charles Broderick

As with his memorable first play for BBC Television, The Widows of Jaffa, Evan Jones has chosen for the theme of tonight's drama an explosive contemporary situation. Set in a small colony in the Caribbean, it deals with the struggle between the old and secure and the new and untried, which comes to a head with the granting of self-government and a first general election. The struggle is reflected in the home of Charles Broderick, a pioneer English settler, who has become the biggest landowner on the island... At 8.0

Contributors

Writer:
Evan Jones
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
Stuart Burge
Charles Broderick:
Wilfrid Lawson
Paul Broderick:
Jack Hedley
Anthony Broderick:
William Russell
Seth Duncan:
Walter Hudd
Luis Duncan:
Christopher Burgess
Michaela Duncan:
Dorothy Bromiley
Herrera:
Cyril Shaps
John Benalah:
Dan Jackson
Teacher:
John Harrison
Sammy:
Rashidi Onikoyi
Coolieman:
Andre Dakar
Maisie:
Pearl Prescod

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