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The Monday Play: The Abbess of Crewe

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by Muriel Spark dramatised by Pauline Spender
with Sian Phillips as Sister Alexandra and Margaret Robertson as Sister Gertrude
A sparkling satire on the Watergate affair. At the Abbey of Crewe, the sisters are about to elect a new Abbess. Sister Alexandra has no doubts whatsoever that she will he elected. She has reasons to be confident: the cloisters are bugged.
But the first glimmers of trouble begin when Sister Felicity's thimble goes missing.
Directed by David Spenser
(Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm)

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Pauline Spender
Unknown:
Slan Phillips
Unknown:
Sister Alexandra
Unknown:
Margaret Robertson
Directed By:
David Spenser
Sister Walburga:
Pauline Letts
Sister Mildred:
Theresa Streatfeild
Sister Felicity:
Rosalind Adams
Sister Bathildis:
Jill Lidstoni
Sister Winifred:
Angela Phillips
Fr Boudouin:
Gary Cady
Fr Maximillian:
Nicholas Courtney
Police officer:
Spenser Banks
Source: Radio Times

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