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Radio 4 Extra,14 May 1999,45 mins

Available for 18 days

1946: Young Mattie loves spending time next-door in the tailor's workroom. It's here that the adults often forget that she's there and say things they shouldn't. First of Juliet Ace's trilogy of plays about the South Wales childhood of Mattie Jones. Young Mattie ... Vanessa Mullaley Older Mattie .... Jennifer Hill Hannah .... Margaret John Lizzie ...Viv Moore Ceridwen ...Siriol Jenkins Mr Matthias .... William Thomas Mrs Matthias .... Viv Goodfield Beeny .... Shelley Miranda Barrett Directed at BBC Wales by Tanya Nash. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. ***** 4 Extra remembers Juliet Ace who died aged 87 on 8th August 2025.

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