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Muffin the Mule
Muffin springs a surprise on Annette Mills and Ann Hogarth.

Okkic Gingernut
The adventures of a friendly little Dutch gnome who lived in a tree.
Adapted from the original story by Leonard Roggeveen and told by Mary O'Farrell.

The South Seas
Robert Gibbings, who has just returned from Tonga and Tahiti, is in the studio to tell you how the natives catch whales, octopus, and sharks, fish for pearls, and catch flying fish and turtles.

(to 17.00)

Contributors

Puppeteer (Muffin the Mule):
Ann Hogarth
Presenter (Muffin the Mule):
Annette Mills
Author (Okkic Gingernut):
Leonard Roggeveen
Storyteller (Okkic Gingernut):
Mary O'Farrell
Presenter (The South Seas):
Robert Gibbings
Producer:
Caryl Doncaster

A play by Clifford Bax
[Starring] Arthur Young and Victoria Hopper

The action of the play starts in the year 1540 and takes place at Westminster Palace, Hampton Court, and the Tower of London.

Contributors

Author:
Clifford Bax
Masque arranged by:
Donald Journeaux
Music arranged and directed by:
William Cox-Ife
Settings Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Desmond Davis
Katherine Tilney, Lady-in-Waiting to Katheryn Howard:
Betty Cooper
Katheryn Howard:
Victoria Hopper
Francis Derham:
Denis Cannan
Henry VIII:
Arthur Young
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Keith Pyott
Thomas Culpeper:
Patrick Troughton
Margery Morton, Lady-in-Waiting to Katheryn Howard:
Christine Lindsay
Mary Lassells:
Ann Lancaster
John Lassells:
Brian Oulton
The Earl of Hertford:
R. Stuart Lindsell
Sir Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor:
Richard Hurndall
First player:
Ronald Richie
Second player:
Morris Sweden
Third player:
John Scott

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