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Cyril Fletcher presents The Magpies following their summer season
With Cyril Fletcher and Betty Astell, Jack Stanford, Elsie Sterndale, Gordon Holdom, Hetty Brayne, Bunny Reeves, Flora Breton, Jimmy Ramsay, Betty Crotty, Ian Francis, June Fox, Alfred Grant, Peggy Walker, Eileen Appleton, Sheila O'Connor Smith, Jean Praill, Eric Robinson and his Orchestra.
(to 16.00)

Contributors

Comedian/stage production:
Cyril Fletcher
Performer/devised and with music by:
Betty Astell
Dancer:
Jack Stanford
Comedienne:
Elsie Sterndale
Singer:
Gordon Holdom
Performer:
Hetty Brayne
Performer:
Bunny Reeves
Performer:
Flora Breton
Performer:
Jimmy Ramsay
Performer:
Betty Crotty
Performer:
Ian Francis
Performer:
June Fox
Performer:
Alfred Grant
Performer:
Peggy Walker
Performer:
Eileen Appleton
Performer:
Sheila O'Connor Smith
Performer:
Jean Praill
Dances by:
Nina Walton
Musicians:
Eric Robinson and his Orchestra
Presented for television by:
Walton Anderson

Forty-five minutes of high speed Variety featuring:
Billy Reid and Dorothy Squires (the composer and the voice)
The Arnaut Brothers (the International comedians)
Agnette and Silvio (Continental dancers)
Andrew Dean (baritone)
Campbell and Rogerson (the spirit of carnival)
and Norman Wisdom (More wit than wisdom)
Eric Robinson and his Orchestra
(Second performance)

Contributors

Composer:
Billy Reid
Singer:
Dorothy Squires
Comedians:
The Arnaut Brothers
Dancers:
Agnette and Silvio
Baritone:
Andrew Dean
Entertainers:
Campbell and Rogerson
Comedian:
Norman Wisdom
Musicians:
Eric Robinson and his Orchestra
Producer:
Richard Afton

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