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Talk by Laurence Housman
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 16 in the West of England Home Service) On September 16, 1886, in the parish of Hordle in Hampshire, Mary Ann Girling died. She was the ' Mother ' of a religious community known as the Shakers. Tonight Laurence Housman describes her life and the scene at the graveside when her followers watched for her to rise from the dead.

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Talk By:
Laurence Housman

Comedy by Titus Maccius Plautus
Translated into English verse by Patric Dickinson with music by John Hotchkis played by the BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, George Deason )
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Production by Raymond Raikes
Cast in order of speaking:
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Comedy By:
Titus MacCius Plautus
Unknown:
Patric Dickinson
Music By:
John Hotchkis
Leader:
George Deason
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Calidorus, a lovesick young man:
Anthony Jacobs
Charinus, his friend in need:
Preston Lockwood
Ballio, a brothel-keeper:
Cecil Trouncer
Sirao Calidorus' old father:
Norman Shelley
Catlipho, his next-door neighbour, an old man:
Franklyn Bellamy
Harpax batman of Captain Poly machaeroplagides:
Dudley Jones
Simmia, a new servant of Charinus' family:
David Kossoff
A cook, engaged by the brothel-keeper:
Charles Leno
Pseudolus, Simo's family servant:
Bernard Miles
Male slaves of the brothel:
Hugh Manning
Male slaves of the brothel:
Andrew Churchman
Female slaves of the brothel:
Denise Bryer
Female slaves of the brothel:
Janet Morrison
Female slaves of the brothel:
Betty Baskcomb

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