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The Monday Play: The Hero who Played the Cornet

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by DANIEL KATZ. A comedy translated by KEVIN O'MALLEY from RENAUD rosset's French version of the Finnish original
with Eleanor Bron, Nerys Hughes, Leonard Fenton
Benno, a Finnish Jew, is, because of his Russian origin, conscripted into the Tsar's army in the 1914-18 war. When he is reported injured, his wife Vera and her friend Lena set off to find him. Their adventures are funny but the implications of the story are often serious and moving.
Other parts: JOHN BULL, ANTHONY DANIELS, BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT
Piano ANNA BERENSKA
Cornet Michael Laird
Accordion GERALD CROSSMAN
Galkine's song composed by PETER GREENWELL
Producer BETTY DAVIES
(Rptd: next Sunday afternoon)
Eleanor Bron's Choice: page 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniel Katz.
Unknown:
Kevin O'Malley
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Nerys Hughes
Unknown:
Leonard Fenton
Unknown:
John Bull
Unknown:
Anthony Daniels
Piano:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Accordion:
Gerald Crossman
Composed By:
Peter Greenwell
Producer:
Betty Davies
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Benno:
Leonard Fenton
Vera:
Eleanor Bron
Lena:
Nerys Hughes
The Ironmonger:
David Timson
Commander Kassoulkine:
Vernon Joyner
Wolf Blonder:
Nigel Graham
Hammu:
Judy Bennett
Golde:
Julie Hallam
Tania:
Elizabeth Revill
Lieutenant:
Sion Probert
Captain:
Timothy Bateson
RakitiS:
Anthony Hall
Galkine:
David Sinclair
Rabbi:
David Lawton
Receptionist:
Rolf Lefebvre
Police-Sergeant Bobrowski:
Clifford Norgate
Major Von Essen:
Bruce Beeby
Source: Radio Times

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