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Sunday-Night Theatre presents: The Picnic at Sakkara

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by P.H. Newby
Adapted by James P. Tanner and Robert Furnival
[Starring] Alec McCowen, Virginia Maskell
with Marie Burke, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Vivian Matalon

The play is set in Egypt in 1946.

(Virginia Maskell appears by permission of British Lion Films Ltd., and Countryman Films Ltd.)
(See page 4)

Contributors

Author:
P.H. Newby
Adapted by:
James P. Tanner
Adapted by:
Robert Furnival
Designer:
George Djurkovic
Producer:
Stuart Burge
Edgar Perry:
Alec McCowen
Pasha:
Richard Warner
Princess:
Marie Burke
Muawiya:
Vivian Matalon
Mary Perry:
Virginia Maskell
Waldo Grimbley:
Nicholas Meredith
Afifi:
John Barrard
Ahmed Mansour:
Harcourt Curacao
Boghos:
George Eugeniou
Police Captain Asfur:
Charles Hill
Dean Abbas-el-Hakim:
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Stranger:
John Moffatt
Military Officer:
Gertan Klauber
Soldier:
Alex Martino
Pickpocket:
David Graeme
Other parts played by:
Neville Becker
Other parts played by:
Mark Heath
Other parts played by:
David Rayner
Other parts played by:
Rifat Shenel
Other parts played by:
Mary Abbott
Other parts played by:
Annette West

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