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The Long and the Short and the Tall

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by Willis Hall
'It might mean that they've broken through, up country, and are pouring down... They might be swarming out there now - like ants. And if they are and I'm with crumbs like you. I'm up the creek myself, and that's a fact.'

Cast in order of speaking: [see below]

The action of the play takes place in the Malayan jungle during the Japanese advance on Singapore, early in 1942.

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Contributors

Author:
Willis Hall
Producer:
Alan Ayckbourn
Corporal Johnstone:
John Hollis
Sergeant Mitchem:
Ewan Hooper
Private Bamforth:
Barry Foster
Private Smith:
Brian Miller
L. Corporal Macleish:
David Butler
Private Whitaker:
Ronald Herdman
Private Evans:
Peter King
Source: Radio Times

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