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Radio adaptation and production by Raymond Raikes
The Scene: London, 1676
MANLY, of an honest surly nice humour, supposed first in the time of the Dutch War to have procured the command of a ship out of honour not interest, and choosing a sea-life only to avoid the world
Alec Clunes
(Continued in next column) Lawyers: and with music- composed and conducted by John Hotchkis and played by the Goldsbrough Orchestra
(leader, Emanuel Hurwitz )

Contributors

Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Unknown:
Alec Clunes
Conducted By:
John Hotchkis
Leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz
LORD Plausible, a ceremonious coxcomb, in love with Olivia:
Heron Carvic
FIRST SAILOR (Tom):
Allan McClelland
SECOND SAILOR (Jack):
John Stone
FREEMAN Manly's lieutenant:
John Glen
A YOUNG VOLUNTEER:
Denise Bryer
THE WIDOW BLACKACRE, a petulant litigious widow always in law, mother to Squire Jerry:
Gladys Young
JERRY BLACKACRE, a true raw squire:
Charles Leno
OLIVIA, Manly's mistress:
Yvonne Mitchell
ELIZA, her cousin:
Marjorie Westbury
LETTICE Olivia's woman:
Marjorie Mars
A FOOTBOY to Olivia:
Denis Goacher
Novel, a pert coxcomb, makes love to Olivia:
David Peel
MAJOR OLDFOX, an old impertinate fop, given to scribbling, makes love to Widow Blackacre:
Carleton Hobbs
SERJEANT PLOODON:
John Gabriel
MR QUAINT:
Denis Goacher
MR BLUNDER:
George Hagan
MR PETULANT:
Allan McClelland
MR BUTTONCOWN:
Rolf Lefebvre
MR SPLITCAUSE:
John Stone
BOOKSELLER'S APPRENTICE:
Denis Goacher
AN ALDERMAN:
George Merritt
VERNISH, Manly's bosom and onlyfriend:
Francis de Wolff
A waiter:
Rolf Lefebvre
KNIGHTS CF THE POST, who give false bail or evidence for hire:
George Hagan
KNIGHTS CF THE POST, who give false bail or evidence for hire:
John Gabriel
A BAILIFF:
Rolf Lefebvre

A series of four talks on the desirability of economic change
2--Counting the Cost by Bertrand de Jouvenel
M. de Jouvenel, author, economist and political philosopher, points out that the demand for an increasing flow of goods implies the willingness to accept unpleasant changes and that these may be regarded as costs to be chalked up against the gains.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bertrand de Jouvenel

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