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Saturday-Afternoon Theatre: Daybreak

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by Arthur Schnitzler, translated and adapted by Thomas Schwalm and Howard Thompson with David Timson and Helen Fraser

Set in the early 1900s, Vienna, young Lieutenant Kasda learns, is a city in which love, honour, even life itself, is to be counted out in coin.

(First broadcast on New Year's Day 1972)

Contributors

Author:
Arthur Schnitzler
Translated and adapted by:
Thomas Schwalm
Translated and adapted by:
Howard Thompson
Director:
Colin Tucker
Kasda:
David Timson
Leopoldine:
Helen Fraser
Wilram:
Lockwood West
Consul:
Malcolm Hayes
Dr Tugut:
James Thomason
Bogner:
Nigel Anthony
Joseph:
Martin Friend
Lt Greising:
Antony Higginson
Herr Kressner:
John Bott
Frau Kressner:
Doreen Andrew
Emilie:
Stephanie Turner
Guest:
John Ruddock
[Actor]:
Geoffrey Beevers
[Actress]:
Jane Knowles
[Actor]:
Matthew Walters
Source: Radio Times

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