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BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

The Ostrich
A play for radio by ELIZABETH DAWSON
Joe Braithwaite , master cabinet-maker, is a craftsman and proud of it. But he is an old man, his business is not prospering, and young Tom, his nephew and partner, could do a lot better with Baxter's furniture factory.
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Production by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Dawson
Unknown:
Joe Braithwaite
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Joe Braithwaite:
Oliver Johnston
Tom Braithwaite:
Geoffrey Matthews
Cathie, Tom's wife:
Eva Stuart
Baxter:
Malcolm Hayes
Hogan a timber merchant:
Wilfred Babbage
Rundle, a bank manager:
Norman Claridge
The Vicar:
George Hagan
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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