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Wilkie Collins - No Name: 4. July 1847

Wilkie Collins - No Name

4. July 1847

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Disguised as Susan Bygrave, Magdalen begins to suffer at the prospect of marrying Noel.

Disguised as Susan Bygrave, Magdalen is staying near cousin Noel. But Mrs Lecount suspects her true identity. Stars Jack May.

In her attempt to regain her inheritance from her cousin Noel, Magdalen has disguised herself as Susan Bygrave and gone to stay near Noel in Aldeburgh. 

But Mrs Lecount suspects her true identity...

Wilkie Collins’ novel dramatised by Ray Jenkins. 

Magdalen Vanstone ...... Sophie Thompson
Captain Wragge ...... Jack May 
Miss Garth ...... Kathleen Helme  
Noel Vanstone ...... Nigel Anthony
Mrs Wragge ...... Vivian Pickles
Little Boy ...... Susan Sheridan
Mrs Lecount ...... Eleanor Bron
Chemist ...... Christopher Good
Postmaster ...... Simon Bullock 
Servant ...... Jo Kendall
Narrator ...... Philip Sully

Music by Peter Brewis and played by Maurice Cambridge.  

Director: Janet Whitaker

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