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by L.P. Hartley

The Third Programme at 6.20-
'The Shrimp and the Anemone'
L.P. Hartley

The action takes place at Anchorstone, an East Coast resort, in the early years of the century

Contributors

Author:
L. P. Hartley
Pianist,:
Cicely Hoye
Adapted:
and produced by Archie Campbell
Hilda:
Susan Dalison
Eustace, her brother:
Douglas Hankin
Nancy Steptoe:
Pat Garwood
Aunt Sarah:
Betty Hardy
Minney:
Molly Lumley
Mr. Cherrington:
Allan Cuthbertson
Craddock, a cabman:
Charles Lamb
Major Steptoe:
Derek Prentice
Gerald, his son:
Anthony Warner
Mrs. Steptoe:
Beryl Riggs
Miss Fothergill:
Gladys Young
Miss Grimshaw, her companion:
Janet Burnell
Miss Wauchope, a dancing mistress:
Joan Clement Scott
Dr. Speedwell:
Derek Prentice
Nurse Hapgood:
Viola Compton
Annie, a maidservant:
Pamela Binns
Dick Staveley:
Warren Hearnden
Anne, his sister:
Pamela Binns
Narrator, Eustace as a young man:
David Spenser

Heather Harper (soprano)
Jean Austin Dobson (contralto)
Duncan Robertson (tenor)
David Couzyn (bass)
City of Birmingham Choir City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra (Leader Norris Stanley )
Conducted by Meredith Davies
Part 1

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Contralto:
Jean Austin Dobson
Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Bass:
David Couzyn
Leader:
Norris Stanley
Conducted By:
Meredith Davies

Trio Sonata in E flat
Chorale Preludes:
Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Vater (S.740); Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Schopfer (S.680); Wenn wir in hochsten Noten scin (S.641)
Passacaglia and Fugue In C minor played by Flor Peeters (organ)
From St. Gabriel's Church,
Crickiewood, London

Contributors

Played By:
Flor Peeters

Third Programme

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