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For Listeners of All Ages
' The White Cat '
An old French fairy story made into a play by Nan Macdonald
Produced by Herbert Smith

Contributors

Play By:
Nan MacDonald
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
The King:
Fred Fairclough
Prince André, his eldest son:
Norman Somers
Prince Jacques, his second son:
Peter Wheeler
Prince Etienne, his young son:
John Mead
The White Cat:
Valerie Stillwell
A Queen:
Rosalie Williams
The Fairy Violenta:
Alison Bayley
The Handsome Knight:
Ralph Hallett
Perroquet:
Geoffrey Banks
The Storyteller:
Nan MacDonald

A sparkling tribute to well-known personalities, outstanding new-comers and successes in London's world of entertainment.
Toastmaster, Eamonn Andrews spotlights:
The one and only Vic Oliver
Diana Wynyard, Michael Gwynn in N.C. Hunter's long-run success at the Princes Theatre 'A Touch of the Sun'
Eve Boswell, vivacious record and music-hall star
Julian Slade, Dorothy Reynolds introducing Bunty Turner, Roy Godfrey, Howard Goorney, Michael Aldridge, Gerald Harper in songs from their Savoy Theatre hit musical 'Free as Air'
David Hughes toasting Irving Berlin's seventieth birthday and golden jubilee as a composer
Rawicz and Landauer making gramophone records for twenty-four years
Terry Scott, the 'new look' in laughter
The Town Criers (Directed by Cliff Adams) who proclaim a hit parade favourite
BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader, Antony Gilbert) Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Theme music composed by Ron Goodwin
Devised and produced by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews
Unknown:
Vic Oliver
Unknown:
Diana Wynyard
Unknown:
Michael Gwynn
Unknown:
N. C. Hunter
Unknown:
Eve Boswell
Unknown:
Julian Slade
Unknown:
Dorothy Reynolds
Unknown:
Runty Turner
Unknown:
Roy Godfrey
Unknown:
Howard Goorney
Unknown:
Michael Aldridge
Unknown:
Gerald Harper
Unknown:
David Hughes
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Composed By:
Ron Goodwin
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

by R. F. Delderfield
Adapted by the author from his stage play
Production by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Unknown:
R. F. Delderfield
Production By:
Val Gielgud
Maurice Szeps:
Cyril Shaps
Johann Loschek:
William Eedle
Crown Princess Stephanie:
Belle Chrystall
Crown Prince Rudolph:
John Westbrook
Bratfisch:
Hugh Manning
Countess Marie Larisch:
Margaret Ward
Baroness Mary Vetsera:
Judy Bailey
Agnes:
Virginia Winter
Archduke Johann Salvator:
Baliol Holloway
Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary:
Carleton Hobbs
Elizabeth Empress of Austria-Hungary:
Grizelda Hervey

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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