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'The Teller of Tales'
A play in four episodes by Leonard J. Hines and Frank King.
'The Northern Lights'
Heriot Row, Edinburgh, 1871
'A Night of Stars'
Grez-zur-Loing, Summer, 1876
'The Grey Ferry'
Bush Street, San Francisco, 1880
'Skerryvore', Bournemouth, 1885
'The Ultimate Isles'
The Great Hall... 'Vailima,' Samoa
September 1893 and December 1894
(Second performance on Thursday at 8.0 p.m.)

Contributors

Writer:
Leonard J. Hines
Writer:
Frank King
Narration written and spoken by:
Duncan Ross
Settings:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Michael Barry
Robert Louis Stevenson (The Northern Lights):
Andrew Faulds
Thomas Stevenson, his father (The Northern Lights):
Alistair Hunter
Margaret Stevenson, his mother (The Northern Lights):
Wynne Clark
Alison Cunningham, his old nurse (The Northern Lights):
Marjorie Wilde
Walter Ferrier (The Northern Lights):
Cecil Brock
Dr. Roger Campbell (The Northern Lights):
John Harvey
Fanny Osbourne (A Night of Stars):
Frances Rowe
Isobel Osbourne, her daughter (A Night of Stars):
June Rodney
Robert Alan M. Stevenson (A Night of Stars):
Allan McClelland
Palmer (A Night of Stars):
Owen Holder
Simpson (A Night of Stars):
John Warner
Marlin (A Night of Stars):
Douglas Blackwell
Landlord (A Night of Stars):
Derek Prentice
M. Berthelini (A Night of Stars):
Harold Scott
Mme. Berthelini (A Night of Stars):
Sheila Raynor
Virgil Williams (The Grey Ferry):
Ronald Marriott
Landlady (The Grey Ferry):
Aletha Orr
Pola (The Ultimate Isles):
Eddie Sutch
Lloyd Osbourne (The Ultimate Isles):
Richard Johnson
Captain Smith (The Ultimate Isles):
Robert Brown
Sosimo (The Ultimate Isles):
John A. Tinn
Laupepa Maleitoa (The Ultimate Isles):
Y. Yanai
Samoan (The Ultimate Isles):
L. Sheridan
Samoan (The Ultimate Isles):
Ah Chong Choy
Samoan (The Ultimate Isles):
A Kahan
Samoan (The Ultimate Isles):
K.C. Woi
Samoan (The Ultimate Isles):
Carmen Manley
Samoan (The Ultimate Isles):
Pansy Allendy

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