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A true story of the fifteenth century in four episodes, by Phyllis Bentley.

(Michael Aldridge is appearing in "Escapade" at the Strand Theatre; Peter Sallis in "Venice Preserv'd" at the Lyric, Hammersmith)

Contributors

Writer:
Phyllis Bentley
Settings:
Michael Yates
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Henry Clifford:
Jimmy Verner
Margery, his nurse:
Fanny Carby
Will Angram, a shepherd:
Patrick Troughton
Old Angram, his father:
Frank Atkinson
First Yorkist soldier:
Kenneth Gilbert
Second Yorkist soldier:
Peter Augustine
Sir William Benton:
Andre van Gyseghem
Thomas, steward of Skipton Castle:
Peter Sallis
Lady Clifford:
Rachel Gurney
The Prior of Bolton Abbey:
Oliver Burt
Roger, man-at-arms:
Michael Aldridge
Edward IV of York:
Robert Desmond

A play written for television by Robert Kemp to commemorate Her Majesty's visit to Scotland.
The action of the play takes place around the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the Royal Palace in London, and at Sir Walter Scott's house, and covers the period leading up to the Royal visit to Edinburgh in 1822.

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Kemp
Settings:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
Leonard Brett
Bailie Caw, tailor and leading citizen of Edinburgh:
James Gibson
Allan, a young apprentice:
Hugh Munro
Jock, a journeyman tailor:
Caven Watson
Sir Hector MacIan:
Willoughby Gray
Flora Maclan, his daughter:
Iris Russell
David Menzies, a young Edinburgh advocate:
John MacRae
The Prince's valet:
Richmond Nairne
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, later King George IV:
Peter Bull
Lord Conyngham, Secretary of State:
Douglas Jefferies
Sir Walter Scott:
Duncan McIntyre
Sophia, his daughter:
Vari Falconer
Lady Scott:
Molly Rankin
Mrs. Caw:
Olga Dickie
An English working man:
Cameron Hall
Neish, a blacksmith:
Hugh Stewart
John Lockhart, another advocate:
Andrew Keir

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