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Oscar Wilde's famous story 'LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME'

on BBC Home Service Basic

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Dramatised by Jonquil Antony , and produced by Lance Sieveking
Dramatis Persona
Scene: London. Time: 1892
From the noblest motives, Lord Arthur Savile feels obliged to murder somebody before he marries and settles down. Here is a story in Oscar Wilde's most ironic style-an interesting contrast with ' The Selfish Giant', which was broadcast in the Children's Hour this afternoon.

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Jonquil Antony
Produced By:
Lance Sieveking
Lord Arthur Savile:
Denys Blakelock
Lady Windermere:
Jean Cadell
The Duchess of Paisley:
Margaret Halstan
Sibyl:
Pauline Vilda
Mr Podgers (the cheiromantist):
Philip Leaver
Francois (Lord Arthur's valet):
Stephen Jack
The chemist:
Foster Carlin
Lady Clementina Beauchamp:
Gladys Young
Herr Winckelkopf:
Philip Wade
The newspaper boy:
Ralph Tozer
An elderly lady:
Vivienne Chatterton
The reader:
Lance Sieveking

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