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The Queen's Admiral
A play about Christopher Columbus by P.D. Cummins.
(Willoughby Gray is now appearing in 'Carrington V.C.' at the Westminster Theatre, London)
P.D. Cummins writes on the facing page

(to 17.55)

Contributors

Writer (The Queen's Admiral):
P.D. Cummins
Producer (The Queen's Admiral):
Dorothea Brooking
Settings (The Queen's Admiral):
Richard Henry
Christopher Columbus:
Joseph O'Conor
Ferdinand, his son:
Philip Clive
Bartholomew his brother:
Philip Lennard
Paddy, an Irishman:
Pat McGrath
Bobadilla, a Commissioner:
Willoughby Gray
At the Court in Spain - Queen Isabella:
Cicely Paget-Bowman
At the Court in Spain - King Ferdinand:
Geoffrey Dunn
At the Court in Spain - The Prior of St. Estevan:
Godfrey Bond
At the Court in Spain - The Archbishop of Talavera:
Peter Grisewood
Diego Arana, an officer:
Malcolm Black
On Board the Santa Maria - Sailors:
Miguel: Peter Augustine
On Board the Santa Maria - Pedro:
John Stockbridge
Pepito, the Cabin Boy:
Christopher Beeny
The Chaplain:
Mark Bellamy
Cuanabi a native servant:
George Brown
A native:
John Akar
Another native:
Fitzroy Coleman
A guard:
John Gale
An attendant:
Richard Wade

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