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SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

The Crimson Star freely adapted by Val Gielgud from Anthony Hope 's novel Sophy of Kravonia
Malcolm Keen and Mary Law with Norman Shelley and Gabriel Woolf
The action takes place In 1871, in Kravonia, a small state somewhere in south-eastern Europe.
Trumpet fanfares played by Denis Egan
Music selected by Cynthia Pughe
Produced by VAL GIFLGUD
Repeated on Monday at 3.15
Mary Law is in ' The Right Honourable Gentleman ' at Her Majesty's Theatre, London

Contributors

Adapted By:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
Anthony Hope
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Played By:
Denis Egan
Unknown:
Cynthia Pughe
Produced By:
Val Giflgud
Capt Markart:
Nigel Graham
Jan Zerkovich:
Patrick Barr
Marie Zerkovich:
Elizabeth Morgan
Sophy Grouch:
Mary Law
Sergius, Prince of Slavna:
Gabriel Woolf
Capt ' Hercules Mistitch:
William Fox
Lieut Sterkoff:
Frederick Treves
Lieut Rastatz:
Bruce Beeby
Lepage:
Norman Claridge
Colonel Nikolas Stafnitz:
Malcolm Hayes
General Petrovics:
Norman Shelley
King Alexis of Kravonia:
Malcolm Keen
The Countess Ellenburg:
Cécile Chevreau
Alexis:
Jo Manning Wilson
Dr Natcheff:
Kenneth Dight
Sergeant-Major:
Fraser Kerr
Ambassador:
John Ruddock
Capt Lukovich:
Wilfrid Carter
Source: Radio Times

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