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A new radio play by Antony Brown
Adapted from the novel by Michael Gilbert
Main characters in order of speaking:
Produced by Charles Lefeaux

Contributors

Play By:
Antony Brown
Novel By:
Michael Gilbert
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
N A P Rumbold:
Hugh Burden
Mr Spence:
Brian Haines
Victoria Lamartine:
Annabel Maule
Mr Rumbold:
Lloyd Pearson
Mr Hargest Macrea, K C:
Moultrie R. Kelsall
Major Angus McCann:
Simon Lack
Kitty McCann:
Beth Boyd
Gunner:
Edward Jewesbury
Josephine Delboise:
Ceciie Chevreau
Direct eur:
Jeffrey Segal
Mr Claudian Summers, K c:
George Hayes
Irene Durvier:
Marguerite Stone
Honoriflque Sainte:
John Gabriel
Mr Justice Arbuthnot:
Martin Lewis
Colonel Alwright:
Richard Williams
Maitre Gimelet:
Olaf Pooley
Mrs Roper:
Marjorie Mars
Ivy Pratt:
Elaine Wodson
Inspedteur Bren:
Gordon Davies
Major Ammon:
Manning Wilson

' The Old Curiosity Shop' by Charles Dickens and ' Allan Quatermain ' by Rider Haggard
The excerpts from these books have been selected and dramatised by Marion MacWilliam and Ian G. Ball
The people taking part include: Effie Morrison , Joan Fitzpatrick
Bryden Murdoch , James MacTaggart lain Cuthbertson
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Allan Quatermain
Dramatised By:
Marion MacWilliam
Dramatised By:
Ian G. Ball
Unknown:
Effie Morrison
Unknown:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
James MacTaggart
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden

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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