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A repeat performance of 'Grissel Jaffray '
A Play specially written for broadcasting by PHILIP BLAIR
Based on the last recorded case of witchcraft in Dundee in the year 1669
Characters
Citizens, soldiers, etc.
The action passes in the City of Dundee in the year 1669, in the Butcharts' attic in Callendar Close, The Overgate; The Tolbooth; and the Seagate
The play produced by GORDON GILDARD
On November 11, 1660, the Privy Council issued a commission for the trial of this woman, who is designated the spouse of James Butchart , maltman, and was prisoner in the Tolbooth of Dundee, on suspicion of ' the horrid crime of witchcraft'. This play, which opens the Scottish Radio Drama Festival, was first broadcast on January 15 of this year. It was memorable for the magnificent performance of Meg Buchanan in the title role, an impersonation which is to be repeated in this revival.

Contributors

Unknown:
Grissel Jaffray
Unknown:
Philip Blair
Produced By:
Gordon Gildard
Unknown:
James Butchart
Unknown:
Meg Buchanan
James Butchart:
George P Davies
Grissel Jaffray Butchart, his wife:
Meg Buchanan
Matthew Henderson:
Charles Maxwell
Peggy Bissett:
Mary Sutherland
Henry Scrimgeour:
Douglas Allan
Peter Wilson:
Charles Watson
Andrew, a jailer:
John Stewart
Sandy Butchart, a sea captain, son of James and Grissel:
Rex de la Haye
Sergeant of Police:
James Spence

Regional Programme Scotland

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Regional Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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