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ANDROCLES' LION

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ANDROCLES' LION is a self-contained episode from the French radio serial A Visit to the Paradise of Famous Animals. In this, one of the sharpest and wittiest of the stories, the truth of the legend is at last revealed-by the lion.
Written by Claude Aveline translated by MERVYN SAVILL
Lion noises by JOHN GRAHAM
Other parts played by Alaric Cotter. Bruce Condell Petronella Barker
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
To be repeated on September 7 See page 40

Contributors

Written By:
Claude Aveline
Translated By:
Mervyn Savill
Unknown:
John Graham
Played By:
Alaric Cotter.
Played By:
Bruce Condell
Played By:
Petronella Barker
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Narrator:
William Fox
The Visitor:
Denys Hawthorne
The Lion:
V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
Androcles:
Anthony Hall
First Cub:
Nicholas Roylance
Captain of Legionaries:
William Fox
A legionary:
Timothy Harley
Second in command:
Fraser Kerr
Proconsul:
Norman Claridge
Officer:
Earle Grey
Sailor:
Glyn Dearman
Keeper:
John Boxer
Old Woman:
Isabel Rennie
Woman:
Margaret Wolfit
Caesar:
Mischa de la Motte
Source: Radio Times

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