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A weekly review of the arte with interviews and discussions introduced by George MacBeth
This edition includes
Lawrence Kitchin on Franco Zefflrelli 's production of ' Othello ' at Stratford with Sir John Gielgud in the title role

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Introduced By:
George MacBeth
Unknown:
Lawrence Kitchin
Unknown:
Franco Zefflrelli
Unknown:
Sir John Gielgud

by GEORGE FARQUHAR 1677 -1707
First acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market by Her Majesty's Sworn Comedians with PaulineJameson, Wendy Craig
John Glen and John Humphry
Characters in order of speaking
The action falls between a Saturday midnight and a Monday's dawn in the year 1707, and at Lichfield in Staffordshire.
Music composed by Stephen Dodgson played by the Sinfonia of London conducted by John Hollingsworth
Radio adaptation and production by RAYMOND RAIKES

Contributors

Unknown:
George Farquhar
Unknown:
Wendy Craig
Unknown:
John Glen
Unknown:
John Humphry
Composed By:
Stephen Dodgson
Conducted By:
John Hollingsworth
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
BONIFACE, landlord of the inn:
Hamlyn Benson
Cherry, his daughter:
Barbara Mitchell
Two gentlemen of broken fortunes,the first as master, the second as servant TOM AIMWELL:
John Glen
Two gentlemen of broken fortunes,the first as master, the second as servant FRANK ARCHER:
John Humphry
DORINDA Lady Bountiful'sdaughter:
Wendy Craig
MRS SULLEN. Lady Bountiful's daughter-in-law:
Pauline Jameson
SQUIRE SULLEN, a country blockhead,brutal to his wife:
George Hagan
SCRUB, his servant:
Hugh Dickson
GIBBET, a highwayman:
William Eedle
Gipsy, maid to the ladies:
Gudrun Ure
A COUNTRYWOMAN:
Gladys Spencer
LADY BOUNTIFUL, a country gentle-woman, foolishly fond of her son,Sullen:
June Tobin
Companions of Gibbet: Hounslow:
Stanley Lebor
Companions of Gibbet: Hounslow BAGSHOT:
Haydn Jones
SIR CHARLES FREEMAN, a gentleman from London:
Philip Leaver

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