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PRATER VIOLET

on BBC Home Service Basic

The novel by Christopher Isherwood adapted as a play for radio by ERIC EWENS with Howard Marion Crawford and David Peel
The action of the play takes place in the autumn and winter of 1933-34. Cast in order of speaking:
Studio techhicians:
Characters in the film Prater Violet:
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Singer, HELEN CLARE
Pianist, CICELY HOYE
The theme song ' Prater Violet composed by Alan Paul and played by the augmented BBC Revue Orchestra Leader, David Paget conducted by the composer
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL Previously broadcast in 1955

Contributors

Novel By:
Christopher Isherwood
Unknown:
Howard Marion Crawford
Singer:
Helen Clare
Pianist:
Cicely Hoye
Song:
Prater Violet
Composed By:
Alan Paul
Leader:
David Paget
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Christopher Isherwood:
David Peel
A secretary:
Brian Haines
Mrs Isherwood:
Molly Rankin
Richard, her younger son:
Charles Hodgson
Dr Friedrich Bergmann:
Howard Marion Crawford
Hall Porter:
George Merritt
Head Waiter at the Old Vienna':
..........John Gabriel
Mr Chatsworth, of Imperial Bulldog Films:
...Cyril Shaps
Eddie Kennedy, a film director:
Leonard Trolley
Sandy' Ashmeade, story editor to Bulldog Films:
Robert Bishop
Dorothy, Bergmann's secretary:
Patricia Brent
Lawrence, chief cutter:
Malcolm Hayes
Fred:
John Gabriel
Joe:
Charles Hodgson
Roger:
Leonard Trolley
Eliot, an assistant Director:
Kim Grant
The Count:
Martin Lewis
The Crown Prince:
John Gabriel
Anita Hayden, a film star:
Cécile Chevreau
Hans Pfeffer, a composer:
Rudolph Offenbach
Patterson, a journalist:
Garard Green

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