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Whitehall Wonders

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A fantastic comedy by J.B. Priestley.
[Starring] Edward Chapman and Michael Gough

The scene is the Conference Room of one of our newer ministries.
(Second performance on Thursday at 8.30 p.m.)
(Lionel Hale writes on the play - page 45)

Contributors

Author:
J.B. Priestley
Producer:
Ian Atkins
Settings Designer:
James Bould
Diana Butterwick, a secretary:
Joy Harington
Freda Yates, a secretary:
Diane Watts
Henry Pendleton, deputy secretary:
Henry Hewitt
Dr. Ruth Ashrigg, assistant secretary:
Mignon O'Doherty
Sir Horace Keswick Permanent Secretary:
William Mervyn
Derek Clarges-Brown, Parliamentary Secretary:
Bryan Coleman
The Rt. Hon. Arthur Boothroyd, M.P. (The Minister):
Edward Chapman
Joe Sowden, a visitor:
Christopher Hodge
Humphrey Tonks, Public Relations Officer:
Basil Lord
Vivien Avalon, a clerk:
Eleanor Summerfield
Leonora Shipton, a principal:
Margaret Diamond
Wrigley, reporter from the Daily Post:
Patrick Troughton
Sgt. Major M. Hood, chief messenger:
Robert Cawdron
Stephen Blair, a poet:
Michael Gough
Source: Radio Times

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