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by Maxim Gorky.
Translated by Gibson Cowan

Adapted for broadcasting by Anthony Jacobs
[Starring] Ralph Truman
A Russian provincial household
The time: early 1917
Produced by John Gibson

Contributors

Author:
Maxim Gorky
Translation:
Gibson Cowan
Adapted for broadcasting by:
Anthony Jacobs
Producer:
John Gibson
Xenia, Yegor's wife:
Betty Hardy
Glasha, the maid:
Annette Kelly
Bashkin, Yegor's business agent:
Lockwood West
Shura, Yegor's illegitimate daughter:
Beryl Calder
Varvara, Yegor's daughter by his wife:
Fenella Fielding
Andrej, Varvara's husband:
Anthony Jacobs
Pavlin, the local priest:
John Ruddock
Donat, the gamekeeper:
Arthur Young
The Doctor:
Robert Sansom
Tiatin, a young cousin of Andrej:
John Graham
Dostigaev, a rival merchant:
Manning Wilson
Elizaveta, his wife:
Joan Sanderson
Jakov, Yegor's godson:
Desmond Jordan
Milania, Xenia's sister, an abbess, once Yegor's mistress:
Ella Milne
The Trumpeter:
Patrick Magee
Taissia, a novice in Melania's care:
Ann Rye
Mokroussov, a policeman:
Malcolm Hayes
Sorbuna, a witch:
Vivienne Chatterton
Propotej, a prophet:
Peter Woodthorpe

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