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The Sunday Play: The Heiress

on BBC Home Service Basic

by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from the novel "Washington Square" by Henry James
with Ralph Richardson as Dr. Sloper, Isabel Dean, and Daniel Massey
"I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters," says the heiress when she is accused of indifference and heartlessness.
(Broadcast on March 24, 1962)

Contributors

Writer/adaptor:
Ruth Goetz
Writer/adaptor:
Augustus Goetz
Author:
Henry James
Produced by:
Cedric Messina
Maria:
Patricia Bendall
Dr Sloper:
Ralph Richardson
Lavinia Penniman:
Grizelda Herey
Catherine:
Isabel Dean
Mrs Almond:
Vivienne Chatterton
Marian Almond:
Dorit Welles
Arthur Townsend:
Donald McKillop
Morris Townsend:
Daniel Massey
Mrs Montgomery:
Sheila Grant

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