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Afternoon Play: From the House at the Top of the World - Chinese Garden

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The first of three plays by Ray Jenkins based on the diaries of Catherine, Lady McCartney, wife of the British Consul in Kashgar, in Chinese Turkestan, one of the loneliest places on earth. In 1895, Sven Hedin , the Swedish explorer, was one of her first visitors, intent on mapping the dangerous Taklimakan Desert. with Steve Hodson , Harry Myers. Stephen Critchlow , Tessa Worsley and David Allister Director Janet Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Jenkins
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Sven Hedin
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Steve Hodson
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Harry Myers.
Unknown:
Stephen Critchlow
Unknown:
Tessa Worsley
Unknown:
David Allister
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Catherine McCartney:
Siobhan Redmond
George McCartney:
Alex Jennings
Source: Radio Times

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