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Play based on the story by Ivan Turgenev. Adapted for broadcasting by Robert Gittings.

Scene: Provincial Russia in the 1830s

Contributors

Author:
Ivan Turgenev
Adapted by:
Robert Gittings
Producer:
Barbara Burnham
Ivan Turgenev:
Robert Farquharson
Vladimir:
Roger Snowdon
His mother:
Grizelda Hervey
His father:
Mark Dignam
Philip:
Peter Noble
Princess Zasyekin:
Vivienne Chatterton
Zinalda:
Yvonne Owen
Byelovzorov:
Deryck Guyler
Meidanov:
Preston Lockwood
Count Malevsky:
Cyril Gardiner
Dr Lushin:
Charles Stidwill
Peter:
Alexander Sarner

Syd and Max Harrison
Bertha Willmott
Ronald Frankau
Wright and Marion Billy Scott-Coomber and his
Singing Grenadiers
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell.
Announcer, Norman Wooland. Producer, John Sharman. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Harrison
Unknown:
Bertha Willmott
Unknown:
Ronald Frankau
Unknown:
Marion Billy Scott-Coomber
Unknown:
Charles Shadwell.
Announcer:
Norman Wooland.
Unknown:
John Sharman.

The novel by Hugh Walpole , adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells - '. Produced by Peter Creswell
Other parts played by Bryan Powley and Stanley Groome

Contributors

Novel By:
Hugh Walpole
Broadcasting By:
Peggy Wells
Produced By:
Peter Creswell
Played By:
Bryan Powley
Played By:
Stanley Groome
Mr Bloxam:
Malcolm Graeme
Mrs Bloxam:
Ethel Lodge
Mrs Lucy Amorest:
Betty Hardy
Miss May Beringer:
Louise Hampton
Mrs Agatha Payne:
Sybil Arundale

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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