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Theatre 625: The World of George Orwell: Keep the Aspidistra Flying

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by George Orwell.
Dramatised by Robin Chapman.
with Alfred Lynch, Tristram Jellinek
and Anne Stallybrass

Contributors

Author:
George Orwell
Dramatised by:
Robin Chapman
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
Cedric Messina
Director:
Christopher Morahan
Gordon Comstock:
Alfred Lynch
Young man:
Charles Hodgson
Mrs. Weaver:
Winifred Dennis
Mrs. Penn:
Marie Hopper
Tramp:
Sydney Bromley
Old woman:
Hilda Barry
Voice of corner table:
Clive Elliot
Rosemary:
Anne Stallybrass
Mr. Erskine:
Norman Pitt
Mrs. Wisbeach:
Margaret Durnell
Mr. Flaxman:
Norman Mitchell
Ravelston:
Tristram Jellinek
Barmaid:
Renee Hill
Hermione:
Suzanne Jefferies
Maid:
Tania Trude
Julia:
Susan Field
Waiter:
Alec Wallis
Bank clerk:
Eric Longworth
Tarts:
Alicia Catrall
Tarts:
Christine Ozanne
Police Sergeant:
Arthur Mayne
Police Constable:
David Locke
Magistrate:
Bartlett Mullins
Cheeseman:
Sydney Arnold
Mrs. Meakin:
Beatrice Greeke
Young girl:
Vickery Turner
Librarian:
Pauline Winter
Library assistant:
Sheila Grant
Source: Radio Times

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