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Two subtitles: A PLAY OF THE MOMENT and A FANCIED PAGE OF HISTORY. First presented, with some cast differences, at the Malvern Festival on 1st August 1938. The West End production was televised by the BBC, from Alexandra Palace, on Sunday 23rd April 1939.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| A Bishop | H R Hignett |
|---|---|
| A Deaconess | Olive Milbourne |
| A Jew | Donald Eccles |
| A Journalist | Tom Anstead |
| A Newcomer | William Heilbronn |
| A Widow | Phillippa Gill |
| Battler | Walter Hudd |
| Begonia Brown | Alison Leggatt |
| Bombardone | Cecil Trouncer |
| Commissar Posky | Arthur Ridley |
| General Flanco de Fortinbras | Stuart Lindsell |
| Sir Orpheus Midlander | Ernest Thesiger |
| The Betrothed | Tully Comber |
| The Judge | Alexander Knox |
| The Secretary of the League of Nations | Cyril Gardiner |
| The Judge | Donald Wolfit
(started 23rd January 1939) |
| The Judge | Clement McCallin
(started February 1939) |
Crew | |
| Act I painted by | Alick Johnstone |
| Acts II and III painted by | Muriel Sterling |
| Acts II and III painting assistant | Peggy Neale |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Fred A Essex |
| Chocolates kindly supplied by | Maison Lyons |
| Cigarettes by | Abdulla |
| Costumes | B J Simmons |
| Dictagraph Telephones in Acts II and III kindly lent by | Dictagraph Telephones Ltd |
| Director | H K Ayliff |
| Furniture by | Smelts of Kingston |
| Jewellery supplied by | Robinsons |
| Miss Leggatt’s dresses by | Galeries Lafayette |
| Miss Leggatt’s hats by | Adèle of Curzon Street |
| Orchestra under direction of | Leon Daniels |
| Presented by | Roy Limbert |
| Press Representative | H C G Stevens |
| Scenery designed by | Paul Shelving |
| Stage Manager | Harold Chapin |
| Stockings by | Bondor |
| Wigs by | Gustave |
- Source: University of Bristol Theatre Collection
- Last modified by Jared William.
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