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Theatre Night: Dear Delinquent

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A comedy by Jack Popplewell.
Presents David Tomlinson, Anna Massey in an excerpt.

A special performance from the Westminster Theatre, London, by arrangement with E. P. Clift for Minster Productions Ltd. and Anna Deere Wiman

(See page 7)

Tonight's visit to the Westminster Theatre re-introduces to television that delightful young actress Anna Massey - and one of Britain's best light comedy actors, David Tomlinson, who plays the part of David Warren, an idle young parasite with an engaging charm and a reluctance towards hard work. This is in many ways made understandable by the considerable allowance he receives from his uncle, and the luxurious flat plus, manservant, that he is thus enabled to maintain. Into this flat one night, however, comes a burglar - not so much a cat-burglar as a kitten-burglar - Penelope Shawn (Anna Massey), who is intent on keeping up the family tradition of larceny. David, who is engaged to a rich young socialite, finds Penelope not only an embarrassment legally but also a serious emotional threat to his forthcoming marriage.

Contributors

Writer:
Jack Popplewell
Director:
Jack Minster
Setting:
Hutchinson Scott
Presented for television by:
John Vernon
David Warren:
David Tomlinson
Wilkinson:
Patrick Cargill
Penelope Shawn:
Anna Massey
Detective Sergeant Pidgeon:
Duncan Lewis
Harry Shawn:
Laurence Hardy
Helen Chandler:
Josephine Martin
Lady Warren:
Joan Haythorne

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