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Four from The Day's Work
A series of four plays based on the short stories of RUDYARD KIPLING adapted and dramatised by A. R. RAWLINSON with Sean Barrett as Rudyard Kipling 1: The Maltese Cat
1890. The Skidars, a poor but honest regiment, against all odds. have reached the final of the Upper India FretFor-All Polo cup. They now face the imposing Archangels - an elite regiment.
It's up to the ponies of the Skidars led by the gallant Maltese Cat, a flea-bitten grey, to attempt victory against the thoroughbreds of the opposing side....
Produced and directed by GLYN DEARMAN
Kipling's English
History by Marghanita Laski 85p from bookshops

Contributors

Stories Of:
Rudyard Kipling
Dramatised By:
A. R. Rawlinson
Unknown:
Sean Barrett
Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Lutyens:
Andrew Seear
Powell:
Bla1n Fairman
Hughes:
Geoffrey Collins
Archangel Captain:
Jonathan Soott
Polo Ponies:Maltese Cat:
Douglas Blackwell
Shiraz:
Graham Ashley
Kittywink:
Jo Manning Wilson
Polaris:
Rod 8eacham
Corks:
Malcolm Garard
Who's WhO:
Kerry Francis
Source: Radio Times

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