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' The Mayor of Casterbridge * by Thomas Hardy
Adapted for broadcasting by Donald Bancroft
2—' The prosperous corn-merchant '

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Broadcasting By:
Donald Bancroft
Narrator:
David Enders
Henchard:
Stephen Jack
Mrs Henchard:
Betty Hardy
Elizabeth:
Ann Greenland
Farfrae:
Peter Convery
Landlady:
Doris Nichols
Voice:
Stanley MacKenzie
Walter:
Stanley MacKenzie

from Norwich Cathedral
Sentences
Versicles and Responses (Smith) Psalms 53. 54, 55
First Lesson: Proverbs 4, v. 20, to 5. v. 14
Magnificat (Caustun in D minor, ed.
Fellowes)
Second Lesson: St. Mark 13, v. 14 to end
Nunc dimittis (Caustun in D minor) Creed, Responses. Collects
Anthem: The Lord is he whose strength doth make me strong (Cedric Thorpe Davie )
Prayers and Blessing
Organist and Master of the Choristers.
Heathcote Statham

Contributors

Unknown:
Cedric Thorpe Davie

For Older Listeners
'The Bluenose Pirate' by Captain Frank Knight adapted as a serial in four parts by Nan Macdonald
4—' Amos Fagg's Revenge '
Production by Herbert Smith
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
Conducted by the Very Rev. Eryl S. Thomas ,
Dean of Llandaff

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain Frank Knight
Unknown:
Nan MacDonald
Production By:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Very Rev. Eryl S. Thomas
a boy Tommy Glover,:
Clive Barlow
His mother:
Madeleine Vacher
Billy Batt:
Francis de Wolff
Paul Wyndham:
Noel Johnson
Mr Warlock:
John Broadbent
Jimmy Warlock:
Timothy Milligan
Sue Warlock:
Sian Davies
Captain Hosea Barton:
Fred Fairclough
Sarah Barton:
Violet Carson
John Barton:
John Blain
Jack Barton:
Alan Rothwell
Broke Barton:
Grahame Pratt
Lieutenant Roberts:
Norman Somers
Elder Thompson,:
Geoffrey Banks
Captain of the Royal William:
Tom Harrison
Tommy a man the story-Glover,teller:
Brian Trueman

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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