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The Private Theatricals or Mrs Joseph Porter
Episode 4 of 5
The British love for amateur dramatics takes over a household with farcical results. Stars Nicholas Farrell and David Antrobus.
The British love for amateur dramatics takes over a household with farcical results.
From a collection of comic tales by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt
Voice of Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Sempronius Gattleton ...... David Antrobus
Lucina Gattleton ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
Mrs Joseph Porter ...... Shirley Dixon
Mrs Gattleton ...... Frances Jeater
Mr Evans ...... Charles Simpson
Mr Gattleton ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998.
Last on
Sat 8 Jul 202304:30
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