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An adventure of the English Fairgrounds of 1812.
Freely adapted for television by Macgregor Urquhart from the novel by Arthur Groom.
(Second performance of the programme on August 9)
(Raymond Rollett is appearing in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London)
(to 18.15)

Contributors

Adapted for television by:
Macgregor Urquhart
Author:
Arthur Groom
Producer:
Vivian Milroy
Settings:
Lawrence Broadhouse
John Claydon:
John Charlesworth
Ma Miggs:
Golda Casimir
Jasper Sly:
David Phethean
Doc Claydon:
Edgar K. Bruce
First yokel:
John Kerrison
Second yokel:
Simon Broome
A Rough:
Alan Maxwell
Sir Thomas Renton:
Michael Ward
Lord Larden:
Robert Lynn
Isaac Samuels:
John Fitzgerald
Jem:
David Askey
Parlourmaid:
Joan Sims
Capt Jonathan Jiggers:
Frank Foster
Prof Dominie Valder:
Robert Cawdron
Polly:
Brenda Beith
Lucy Blane:
Marie Hopps
Sarah Willmot:
Esma Cannon
Constable Sniff:
John Citroen
Clerk of the Court:
Harold Young
Sir William Gervase:
Raymond Rollett
Lawyer Jamee Moon:
Stanley Vine
The Rev. Martin Greenslade:
John Boddington

A new play.
Adapted for television by Edward Sammis and Guy Morgan.
The scene is a prison, camp for Naval officers in North-West Germany, March -August 1944.
'Albert' has been re-created by John Worsley who made the original in a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany during the war. His drawings of the camp are shown by courtesy of the Imperial War Museum, London.
Guy Morgan writes on page 30
(Second performance on Thursday at 8.20 p.m.)

Contributors

Adapted for television by:
Edward Sammis
Adapted for television by:
Guy Morgan
Setting:
James Bould
Producer:
Stephen Harrison
Geoffrey, Lieutenant Ainsworth R.N.V.R.R.:
Michael Gough
Bongo, Commander Barton, R.N.V.R.:
Bruce Belfrage
Hank, Lieutenant Adams, U.S. Navy:
Harold Ayer
Texas Lieutenant Norton U.S. Navy Air Force:
Warren Stanhope
Jim, Lieutenant (A) Reid R.C.N.:
Bill Travers
Fred, Lieutenant Angelo, U.S. Navy Air Force:
Gerald Metcalfe
Joe, Lieutenant-Commander Dawson, R.N.R.:
Meadows White
Henry, Lieutenant-Commander Truscott, R.N.R.:
David Bird
Schoolie, Lieutenant Browne, R.N.:
Douglas Hurn
Hermann:
Martin Miller
Kommandant:
Felix Kent
Red Cross Commissioner:
Gerard Heinz
Dopey, Captain Maddox, D.S.O., R.N.:
Maurice Colbourne
Hauptmann Schultz:
Ferdy Mayne
Feldwebel:
Carl Duering

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