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Marius Goring with Hermione Mannen and Howard Marion-Crawford in A Quiet Corner
A play in three acts by HERMANN SUDERMANN
English version by Basil Ashmore
The scene is the house of Georg Wiedemann, the schoolmaster of a small Bavarian village. He is devoted both to his work and to his charming wife Elisabeth, whom he met when he was tutor in the household of Baron Rocknitz and she was living at the castle. The time is 1895 during the summer drought.
Characters in order of speaking:
Other parts plaved by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Production by RAYMOND RAIKES

Contributors

Unknown:
Marius Goring
Unknown:
Hermione Mannen
Unknown:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Unknown:
Hermann Sudermann
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Helene Wiedemann:
Beryl Calder
Elisabeth Wiedemann, her step-mother:
Hermione Hannen
Herr Dangel:
John Hollis
Dr Orb, a school inspector:
Philip Leaver
Georg Wiedemann:
Marius Goring
Rosa, maid at the Wiedemanns':
Hilda Schroder
Baron Rocknitz:
Howard M Marion-Crawford
Bettina Rocknitz his wife:
Marjorie Westbury

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