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by Norman Edwards
Cast
Scene: The first-class waiting-room of a railway junction 172 miles from London
Time: The present
Production by Howard Rose

Contributors

Writer:
Norman Edwards
Production:
Howard Rose
A railway porter:
Harold Scott
Mr Horatio Maxwell Hardy:
Valentine Dyall
Colonel George Vavaseur Watson-Watt:
Bryan Powley
Mr Smith:
Fred O'Donovan

music by Rossini on gramophone records
Overture: La Scala di Seta
La Danza (sung by Beniamino Gigli , tenor)
Tyrolese and Bolero (Soirees musicales)
Overture: The Thieving Magpie
Rossini, composer of operas that appealed by their unending flow of catchy tunes, was also known for his individual use of 'crescendo' — the musical term for 'gradually becoming louder'.

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