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A play by Lytton Strachey
Adapted for radio by Harold Bowen
Cast in order of speaking:
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The action takes place during two days in 1900 (August 14 and 15) in the Imperial Palace, Pekin
Production by Mary Hope Allen

Contributors

Play By:
Lytton Strachey
Unknown:
Harold Bowen
Production By:
Mary Hope Allen
A palace eunuch:
Anthony Jacobs
Li, chief eunuch to the Empress:
Richard Goolden
Wang Fu, a Mandarin:
John Turnbull
Leaders of the Boxers: Prince Tuan:
Alastair Duncan
Leaders of the Boxers: Duke Lan:
John Witty
Jung Lu commander-in-chief in Pekin:
Ian Hunter
The Empress Dowager:
Gladys Young
Lady Ling:
Clarissa Colworth
The Emperor of China:
Peter Coke
Ta-He, lady-in-waiting:
Peggy Bryan
Kang, a reformer:
Hector Ross
Lu Hung Chang, commanding the Southern Army:
John Garside

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