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A portrait of Mecklenburg Square
Before September 1939 Mecklenburg Square was a quiet and gracious backwater of Bloomsbury, the home of many personalities well known in the theatre and the arts. Bombing and postwar rebuilding have altered the character of the Square and it is of this transition that past and present residents speak in this documentary programme.
Written and compiled by Robert Pocock

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Pocock

The celebrated soprano looks back, with records, on fifty years as a singer
Recorded reminiscences by Joe Brogan , Alfred Cortot Gerald Moore , Gladys Parr and Cecile Sartoris
Script by Cedric Wallis Produced by John Lade

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Brogan
Unknown:
Alfred Cortot
Unknown:
Gerald Moore
Unknown:
Gladys Parr
Script By:
Cedric Wallis
Produced By:
John Lade

by Lennox Robinson
Produced by Ronald Mason
The Geoghegans are prosperous shop-keepers in an Irish country town. Denis, the youngest of the family, is his mother's darling and nothing is too good for him. He is now a gay young man at the university.

Contributors

Unknown:
Lennox Robinson
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Mrs Geoghegan:
Nita Hardie
Her children:George:
Maurice O'Callaghan
Her children:Peter:
John Reid
Her children:Kate:
Irene Bingham
Her children:Jane:
Margaret D'Arcy
Her children:Baby:
Kathleen Feenan
Her children:Denis:
Denys Hawthorne
Aunt Ellen:
Elizabeth Begley
Donougb Brosnan:
James Ellis
John Duffy:
Patrick Magee
Delia his daughter:
Eileen Madden
Hannah, a servant:
Ann Maguire

For Children of Most Ages
'First Term at Fernielaw *
A new serial play by Theodora Caldwell
1—' Journey into Adventure '
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden
A boarding-school for girls is the setting of this new serial. The pupils are mostly the daughters of people living abroad. The story opens with the arrival of a new girl from a mission station in Africa.
5.30 For Older Children
Now Showing in London
A review by Eric Gillett of some of the new films and plays
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Play By:
Theodora Caldwell
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Review By:
Eric Gillett
Jane Seton, the new girl:
Hilary Paterson
Mrs Seton:
Louise MacLaren
The Rev Andrew Seton:
Henry Donald
Dr Scott:
Gerard Stevin
Ayah, an African girl:
Denise Coffey
Oboyo a boatman:
Bryden Murdoch
Miss Skelton, a missionary:
Effle Morrison
Mr Harrison, a passenger:
Bryden Murdoch
Miss Lockie, a school teacher:
Erne Morrison
Miss Swan, a new teacher:
Ella Rowman
Pupils at Fernielaw:Grizelda Grant:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Pupils at Fernielaw:Jinty:
Denise Coffey
Pupils at Fernielaw:Sybil:
Margaret Love
Pupils at Fernielaw:Kay:
Angela Lowe
Pupils at Fernielaw:Rowena:
Lesley Fraser

with Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe , Spike Milligan
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligan
Produced by John Browell

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Max Geldray
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Produced By:
John Browell

by Anton Chekhov adapted by Peter Watts from the translation by Elisaveta Fen

This is a touching picture of a sensitive cultured family from Moscow marooned in a grim provincial town in Northern Russia. The play shows the losing battle of the three girls and their adored brother to keep the ideals and values that are important to them. They are sure that if only they could get back to the capitalthey would be saved, but circumstances fight against them.

Contributors

Olga (olya):
Molly Rankin
Maria (masha):
Catherine Salkeld
Irina:
Beryl Calder
Andrey Sergyeevich Prozorov, their brother:
Jeffrey Segal
Baron Tuzenbach (Nikolai Lvovich):
John Scott
Captain Solyony:
Eric Anderson
Anfisa, and Old Nurse:
Ella Milne
Ferepont, a porter:
Ronald Sidney
Colonel Vershinin (Alexander Ignatyevich):
Colon Gordon
Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin, Masha's husband:
James Thomason
Lieutenant Fedotik:
Ronald Baddiley
Lieutenant Rode:
John Bryning
Natasha (Natalya Ivanovna) Andrey's fiancee:
Gabrielle Blunt
Guitarist:
Alexis Chesnakov
Produced by:
Peter Watts

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