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Sooty
with Harry Corbett.

Children's Newsreel

The Messenger
Written and produced by Joy Harington.
A play about the boyhood of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth.
(Previously televised last Thursday)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Puppeteer (Sooty):
Harry Corbett
Writer/producer (The Messenger):
Joy Harington
Designer (The Messenger):
Eileen Diss
Zacharias:
James Raglan
Elizabeth:
Jean Anderson
John:
John Levitt
Mary:
Rosalie Crutchley
Joseph:
Michael Malnick
The boy Jesus:
Jonathan Swift
Elder of the Temple:
Jefferson Clifford
Boy:
Alaric Cotter
Lame beggar:
Clement Hamelin

with Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, David Nixon and Douglas Duff trying to find the answers and Eamonn Andrews to see fair play.

('What's My Line?' was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and is presented by arrangement with C.B.S. of America and Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Barbara Kelly
Panellist:
David Nixon
Panellist:
Douglas Duff
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Presented by:
T. Leslie Jackson

by William Shakespeare

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(Second performance: Thursday at 9.15 p.m.)

[Starring] Michael Hordern and Rachel Gurney
The action takes place in Venice and in Portia's house at Belmont.
At 8.30

There will be an interval at 9.30 app.

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Music arranged by:
Cecily Arnold
Music arranged by:
Marshall Johnson
Produced and designed by:
Hal Burton
Antonio, a merchant of Venice:
Raymond Westwell
Salerio, friend to Antonio and Bassanio:
John Hayter
Solanio, friend to Antonio and Bassanio:
Geoffrey Taylor
Bassanio, suitor to Portia:
Denis Quilley
Lorenzo, in love with Jessica:
John Breslin
Gratiano. friend to Antonio and Bassanio:
Laurence Payne
Portia, a rich heiress:
Rachel Gurney
Nerissa, her gentlewoman:
Jane Wenham
Balthasar:
Leonard Davies
Shylock, a rich Jew:
Michael Hordern
The Prince of Morocco, suitor to Portia:
John Westbrook
Launcelot Gobbo, the clown, servant to Shylock:
Jeffery Dench
Old Gobbo father to Launcelot:
John Garley
Leonardo, servant to Bassanio:
Derek Holmes
Jessica, daughter to Shylock:
Veronica Wells
Stephano, servant to Portia:
Dudley Jones
The Prince of Arragon, suitor to Portia:
Ian Mullins
Servant to Antonio:
Hartnoll Stone
Tubal, a Jew friend of Shylock:
John Garley
Gaoler:
Michael Stainton
The Duke of Venice:
John Westbrook

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