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A crime play, an Irish comedy, and a telephone call.

Witness for the Prosecution
Adapted by Sidney Budd from the story by Agatha Christie.
The scene is London
Time: the present

The Call to Arms
Adapted by John Glyn-Jones from the story by Denis Johnston.
The scene is Dublin in 1917

Box For One
An original story for television by Peter Brook.
Scene: a telephone box in London

Contributors

Producer:
John Glyn-Jones
Adapter (Witness for the Prosecution):
Sidney Budd
Author (Witness for the Prosecution):
Agatha Christie
Miss French:
Hilda Terriss
Robert Mayherne:
John Salew
Leonard Vole:
Dale Rogers
Romaine Heilger:
Mary Kerridge
Walker:
Stafford Byrne
Prosecuting Counsel:
Alban Blakelock
Defending Counsel:
Derek Elphinstone
Adapter (The Call to Arms):
John Glyn-Jones
Author (The Call to Arms):
Denis Johnston
Narrator:
Fred O'Donovan
Barnie:
Noel Purcell
An old man:
E.J. Kennedy
Commandant Foley:
Larry Burns
Doyle:
Harry Fine
Other characters played by:
Cyril Hardingham
Other characters played by:
Peggy Forbes-Robertson
Writer (Box for One):
Peter Brook
Settings:
James Bould
The caller:
Marius Goring
A man:
Ivan Craig

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