A play for radio by Sheila Cregeen
with Finlay Currie, Tom Watson, John Laurie, Eithne Dunne and Peter Claughton

John Cunningham, the schoolmaster, called Dr. Fian, Tom Watson; Mother Agnes Sampson, his foster-mother, Eithne Dunne; Mistress Trumbill, at whose house he stays, Gudrun Ure; Sergeant Trumbill, her husband, Walter Carr; Rev. Alexander Craigie, the Minister, Finlay Currie; Andra Seaton, the deputy bailiff, John Laurie; Gelie Duncan, his maidservant, Mairhi Russell; Robert Grierson, a skipper, called Rob the Rotcar, Douglas Storm; James VI, King of Scotland, Peter Claughton; Thomas Kers, attendant to the King, Duncan Mclntyre; Lord Beauty, Laidlaw Dalling; William Hudson, a gentleman, Anthony Viccars; The Warder, Roddy MacMillan; The Waker, Jack Shaw; The Town Crier, Thomas Bowman; Archie Toft, Wilfred Babbage; McQuisten, Julian Somers; Mistress Lorimer, Janet Burnell; Mary, her daughter, called Eva, Annette Crosbie
Produced by Robin MIDGLEY
: second broadcast

DURING THE INTERVAL (9.45-9.55 app.)
Malcolm Arnold
Overture: Tam O'Shanter played by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by the composer on a gramophone record