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An adventure story of the Wars of the Roses by R. L. Stevenson made into a play by John Blatchley adapted for television by John Blatchley and Naomi Capon.
[Starring] The Young Vic Company
(The Young Vic Company appears by permission of the Governors of the Old Vic)
Part 2: Sunday, May 27
(to 18.00)

Contributors

Author (Wars of the Roses):
R. L. Stevenson
Writer/adapted for television by:
John Blatchley
Adapted for television by/presented for television by:
Naomi Capon
Original production for the Young Vic Company:
Michel St. Denis
Scenery and costumes:
Joseph Carl
Original music:
Henry Boyes
Lawless/Brother William:
John Garley
Brother Nicholas:
Derek Godfrey
Sir Daniel Brackley:
Mervyn Blake
Clipsby:
Peter Retey
Richard Shelton:
Denis Quilley
Connor:
Lauchlan McLean
Joanna Sedley/John Matcham:
Tarn Bassett
Abbott:
Derek Godfrey
Capper:
Powys Thomas
Greensheve:
Dennis Clinton
Ellis Duckworth:
Keith Michell
Bennett Hatch:
Michael Turner
Goody Hatch:
Charmian Eyre
Sir Oliver Oates:
Alan Edwards
Carter:
John Southworth

A play by Robert E. Sherwood.
[Starring] Douglass Montgomery with Jane Barrett and Robert Ayres
The action of the play takes place just before the last war and is set in the lunch-room of the Black Mesa Filling Station and Bar-B-Q on the desert in Eastern Arizona
(Second performance on Thursday at 8.0 p.m.)

Contributors

Author:
Robert E. Sherwood
Producer:
Royston Morley
Settings Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Narrator (and radio announcer):
Ray Byrnes
A telegraph lineman:
Paul Erickson
Another lineman:
Spencer Teakle
Jason Maple, proprietor of the Black Mesa Bar-B-Q:
Sydney Keith
Grandpa Maple, his father and owner of the Bar-B-Q:
Gerald Lawson
Boze Hertzlinger, hired hand at the Bar-B-Q.:
Gerald Metcalfe
Gabby Maple, Jason's daughter:
Jane Barrett
Alan Squier, a passer-by:
Douglass Montgomery
Mrs. Chisholm, of Dayton, Ohio:
Doris Nolan
Mr. Chisholm:
MacDonald Parke
Joseph, their chauffeur:
Joslyn Haase
Member of the Mantee gang - Jackie:
Alan Keith
Member of the Mantee gang - Duke Mantee:
Robert Ayres
Member of the Mantee gang - Ruby:
Charles Irwin
Paula, a Mexican cook:
Anna Korda
Pyles, Mantee's driver:
Dan Jackson
Sheriff:
Ernest Borrow
Deputy Sheriff:
Cyril Saxon

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More