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A programme for the very young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in songs and games.
Julia Williams sings the songs
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings

Contributors

Narrator/script, music and settings:
Maria Bird
Singer:
Julia Williams
Puppeteer:
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly Gibson

by E. Nesbit.
Adapted and produced by Dorothea Brooking.
A serial in four parts.
Time: 1906
(D.A. Clarke-Smith is appearing in 'Man and Superman' at the Princes Theatre, London; Jack Newark in 'Love's a Luxury' at the Palace Court Theatre, Bournemouth; and Clive Dunn in 'Billy Milton's Party' at the Finsbury Summer Theatre)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Author:
E. Nesbit
Adapted by/Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Bobbie:
Marian Chapman
Peter:
Michael Croudson
Phyllis:
Carole Lorimer
Mother:
Jean Anderson
The Engine Driver:
Jack Newmark
The Station-Master:
David Duncan
District Superintendent:
Clive Dunn
The Old Gentleman:
D. A. Clarke-Smith
Mrs. Viney:
Hilda Barry
The Slavonian:
Denis de Marney
Perks:
Richard Warner
Mrs. Perks:
Marjorie Manning
Master Perks:
Derek Hodgson
Other parts played by:
Janet Bruce
Other parts played by (Ruth):
Ysanne Churchman
Other parts played by (Woman in the Train):
Rosamond Tattersall
Other parts played by (Carter):
Ronald Marriott

A footnote to history.
Written for television by Robert Gore-Browne and Margaret Gore-Browne.
Scenes: an Art Gallery; Admiral Throndsen's Residence in Copenhagen; the Dutch Coast; lodgings in Flanders; the French Court; Crichton Castle, and the Viceroy's Residence in Norway.

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Gore-Browne
Writer:
Margaret Gore-Browne
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Settings:
Stephen Taylor
Man in Portrait Gallery:
John Roderick
Woman in Portrait Gallery:
Diana Calderwood
Anna Throndsen:
Valerie White
Admiral Throndsen Anna's father:
Charles Mortimer
James Bothwell:
Andrew Faulds
Hob Ormiston James' servant:
Andrew Crawford
Bearded Dutchman:
Gordon Mulholland
Mary, Queen of Scots:
Moira Mannion
Urquhart, a Courtier:
John Roderick
Highlander:
Rufus Cruickshank
The Viceroy of Norway:
Graham Stuart

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