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A play by John Galsworthy.
The action of the play is set in and near a small country town in the south of England. The time is just before the last war.
(Second performance on Thursday at 8.30 p.m.)

Contributors

Author:
John Galsworthy
Producer:
Royston Morley
Settings:
Barry Learoyd
Hillcrist, a country gentleman:
Arthur Wontner
Jill, his daughter:
Diane Watts
Fellows, his butler:
Reginald Atkinson
His former tenants:
Mr. Jackman: Frank Tickle
His former tenants:
Mrs. Jackman: Dorice Fordred
Amy Hillcrist, his wife:
Barbara Couper
Dawker, his agent:
Philip Dale
Hornblower, a man newly-rich:
Arthur Young
Charles, his elder son:
Colin Douglas
Chloe, his daughter-in-law,wife to Charles:
Helen Shingler
Rolf his younger son:
Patrick MacNee
An auctioneer:
Ronald Frankau
Mr. Blinkard, a solicitor:
Erik Chitty
First Stranger:
Leonard Sachs
Anna, Chloe's maid:
Virginia Winter
Second stranger:
Robert Raglan

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