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A play adapted from the Dutch of Heijermans by Christopher St. John.
The action takes place in a little town in Holland and concerns the struggles of a small general shop against the new rival store - The Rising Sun'.
To be repeated on September 8

(to 22.30)

Contributors

Author:
Herman Heijermans
Adapted by:
Christopher St. John
Production:
Jan Bussell
Matthew Strong, a tradesman:
Harcourt Williams (by permission of the Daniel Alayer Company, Ltd.)
Anna, his wife:
Deirdre Doyle (by permission of Gilbert Miller and Jack Buchanan)
Sonia, his daughter:
Josephine Wilson
Old Strong, his father:
Lawrence Hanray
Dorothy Mertens, a neighbour:
Chris Castor
Nathaniel, her son, a schoolmaster:
Wilfred Fletcher
Abraham, shop assistant at Strong's:
Gerald Jerome
Christian Jensen, manager of 'The Rising Sun' Stores:
Aubrey Dexter
Sand, a friend of Strong's:
Warburton Gamble
The Deputy Attorney:
Bernard Merefield
A police constable:
Rupert Siddons
An errand boy:
Edward Orchard

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