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For the Children: John of the Fair

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An adventure of the English Fairgrounds of 1812.
Freely adapted for television by Macgregor Urquhart from the novel by Arthur Groom.
(Second performance of the programme on August 9)
(Raymond Rollett is appearing in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London)
(to 18.15)

Contributors

Adapted for television by:
Macgregor Urquhart
Author:
Arthur Groom
Producer:
Vivian Milroy
Settings:
Lawrence Broadhouse
John Claydon:
John Charlesworth
Ma Miggs:
Golda Casimir
Jasper Sly:
David Phethean
Doc Claydon:
Edgar K. Bruce
First yokel:
John Kerrison
Second yokel:
Simon Broome
A Rough:
Alan Maxwell
Sir Thomas Renton:
Michael Ward
Lord Larden:
Robert Lynn
Isaac Samuels:
John Fitzgerald
Jem:
David Askey
Parlourmaid:
Joan Sims
Capt Jonathan Jiggers:
Frank Foster
Prof Dominie Valder:
Robert Cawdron
Polly:
Brenda Beith
Lucy Blane:
Marie Hopps
Sarah Willmot:
Esma Cannon
Constable Sniff:
John Citroen
Clerk of the Court:
Harold Young
Sir William Gervase:
Raymond Rollett
Lawyer Jamee Moon:
Stanley Vine
The Rev. Martin Greenslade:
John Boddington

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