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2. First Night

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'On the halls' in 1913. Richard gets closer to Nancy, but Burrard's fears deepen. With Tom Baker and Steven Frost.

It's the year before the Great War, and Richard Herncastle 's music-hall apprenticeship continues.

Richard gets closer to Nancy, but Harry Burrard's fears deepen...

Published in 1965, JB Priestley's classic stars Tom Baker as Nick Ollanton.

Nick Ollanton ...... Tom Baker
Harry Burrard ...... Freddie 'Parrot Face' Davies
Old Richard ...... Bryan Pringle
Young Richard ...... Richard Hollick
Tommy Beamish ...... Steven Frost
Julie Blane ...... Brigit Forsyth
Cissie Mapes ...... Deborah McAndrew
Nancy ...... Kathryn Hunt
Jenning ...... Russell Dixon
Johnson ...... John Lloyd Fillingham
Barney ...... Mike Edmunds
Nonnie ...... Ann-Marie Frater

Dramatised by Bert Coules.

Music: Chris Monks

Producer: Kate Rowland

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 1994

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