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An adventure play by Kenneth Anderson.
The scene is a room in the tower of a ruined cattle on a small uninhabited island just off the coast of Skye.

Contributors

Writer:
Kenneth Anderson
Producer:
Joy Harington
Mack:
John Gabriel
Alt:
Jack Newmark
Captain:
Willoughby Gray
Boatswain:
Robert Cawdron
Dick:
Keith Faulkner
Peter:
Cavan Malone
Bill:
Timothy Harley
John:
Michael Newell
Skipper:
Barry Steele
Ian Campbell:
Charles Houston

from All Saints', Warlingham.
Conducted by the Rev. J. D. Underwood
Come, ye thankful people, come (A. and M. 382)
Call to Worship
Versicles and Responses
Psalm 65
First Lesson: Deuteronomy 8, w. 7, 9-11. 17-19
Magnificat
Second Lesson: Matthew 9. v. 35, Chapter 10, v. 1
Deus Misereatur (Psalm 67)
Creed and Collects
Praise. O praise our God and King (A. and M. 381)
Thanksgivings
To Thee, O our hearts we raise (A. and M. 384)
Address
We plough the fields (A. and M. 383)
Blessing

(to 19.00)

Contributors

Service conducted by:
The Rev. J.D. Underwood
Organist and Choirmaster:
H. Leppard

A play by John Masefield.
[Starring] James Carney
The action takes place between 50 B.C. and 48 B.C.
Scenes:
Pompey's house near Rome
The Staff Officers' tent at Dyrrachium
The deck of a merchantman off the Egyptian Coast
(Second performance on Thursday at 8.30 p.m.)

Contributors

Author:
John Masefield
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Settings:
Stephen Bundy
Antistia, a maidservant:
Isabel Dean
Philip, a servant:
John Witty
Cornelia, wife of Pompey:
Rachel Gurney
Julia:
Shelley Lynn
Metellus Scipio, her father:
Jack Livesey
Pompey:
James Camey
Theophanes:
George Skillan
Cato:
Leonard White
A Gaulish Lancer:
Roy Dean
Domitius Ahenobarbus:
David Greene
Lentulus:
Richard Caldicot
Cotta, a Centurion:
Robert Brown
Acilius:
Stanley Baker
Lucius Lucceius:
Alban Blakelock
A Ship-captain:
Frank Birch
Ship-boy:
Eddie Sutch
Mate:
Leonard White
Achillas Egyptian:
Roy Dean
Septimius:
Alban Blakelock
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Barry Blake
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Geoffrey Curtis
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Reginald Birks
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Roy Nightingale
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Harry Hearne
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Kim Grant
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
John Francis
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Alan Gore-Lewis
Centurions, Soldiers, Sailors, etc:
Kenneth Osborne

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