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The Sunlight Sonata

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or 'To meet the Seven Deadly Sins'
A farce-morality by James Bridie
Cast
The Seven Deadly Sins:
Produced by John Gough
Nobody could have written this play but James Bridie, the Scots doctor-dramatist. It is dedicated to Tyrone Guthrie, who produced it in Glasgow in 1928 when the Scottish National Players gave the first performance. The prologue introduces Beelzebub (who speaks the Doric) and the Seven Deadly Sins, who try their skill on a picnic party until they are routed by Faith, Hope, and Charity.

Contributors

Author:
James Bridie
Producer:
John Gough
Marcus Groundwater, C.B.E., D.L., J.P., a builder:
W.H.D Joss
Maggie Groundwater, his wife:
Meg Buchanan
2nd-Lieut Hamish Hector Mathieson Groundwater, their son:
James K. Urquhart
Matthew Pettigrew, an artist:
Halbert Tatlock
The Rev Somerled Carmichael, B.D., B.Litt., a clergyman:
George Davies
Mrs Carmichael:
Jean Taylor Smith
Elsie Carmichael:
Nancy Ireland
Beelzebub:
James Anderson
Superbia:
Maud Risdon
Invidia:
Madeleine Christie
Ira:
Jean Taylor Smith
Accidia:
Ann Downie
Avaricia:
James Gibson
Gula:
Eric Wightman
Luxuria:
Eileen Herlihy
Faith:
Nan Scott
Hope:
Bertha Waddell
Charity:
Madeleine Christie
Source: Radio Times

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