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by ANTONY FLEW,
Professor of Philosophy, Keele University
'Suppose that you are told that people are constituted of a few gallons of water, and of much smaller quantities of various other chemicals. You may think that.it is impossible to escape the conclusion that people are merely chemicals ... that there can be no really good reason why they should not be treated and used as chemicals and nothing more.' Professor Flew shows how this conclusion can be avoided.

written for radio by Arthur Adamov
English version by PETER MEYER with Rosalie Crutchley
Pauline Jameson
Ernest Milton
John Westbrook
Finita La Commedia Is a play in duplicate. Adamov's original sequences are juxtaposed at the beginning and the end with two passages from Chekhov's Uncle Vanva to show the difference between what happens in the theatre and what happens in life.
Main characters:
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Other characters:
Hamlyn Benson , John Boxer
Gordon Gardner , Timothy Harley Michael Kilgarriff
Valerie Kirkbright , Olga Undo George Merritt , Isabel Rennie John Ruddock , Andrew Sachs
Gladys Spencer , Ralph Truman
Produced by H. B. FORTUIN

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Arthur Adamov
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Peter Meyer
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Rosalie Crutchley
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Pauline Jameson
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Ernest Milton
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John Westbrook
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Hamlyn Benson
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John Boxer
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Gordon Gardner
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Timothy Harley
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Michael Kilgarriff
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Valerie Kirkbright
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Olga Undo
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George Merritt
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Isabel Rennie
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John Ruddock
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Andrew Sachs
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Gladys Spencer
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Ralph Truman
Produced By:
H. B. Fortuin
Serge Gavert, playing Doctor Astrov in Uncle Vanya:
John Westbrook
Andree Delamain, a theatre attendant:
Rosalie Crutchley
Lucette Grenier, producer of the play:
Pauline Jameson
Huguette Delcourt, understudying Sonia:
Olive Gregg
' Marquis ' De Villcpinte:
Ernest Milton
Madeleine Rivoire, a deported prisoner:
Sally Travers
Hilene Weygand, arrested,later playing Sonia:
Sally Home
' The Painter,' a police spy:
Heron Carvic
Juliette, a prisoner:
Hilde Kriseman
Gestapo Lieutenant:
Philip Guard

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