The Bishops Apron By W. Somerset Maugham

Saturday-Night Theatre The Bishop's Apron

Sat 15th May 1971, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The novel by W. Somerset Maugham, dramatised by Donald Tosh With George Baker, Peter Pratt and Lydia Sherwood

A Trollopian comedy of manners set in Edwardian London in which Canon Spratte, son of the late Lord Chancellor and brother to Earl Spratte, is determined to obtain a Bishopric. The path to his promotion is far from smooth.
Produced by Graham Gauld

Canon Theodore Spratte: George Baker

Lord Spratte: Peter Pratt

Lady Sophia Spratte: Lydia Sherwood

Winifred Spratte: Pat Pleasance
Lionel Spratte: John Rye
Lord Wroxham: Geoffrey Beevers
Mrs Railting: Norah Blaney
Louise Railing: Jo Manning Wilson
Bertram Railing: Michael Spice
Lord Stonehenge: Noel Iliff
Lady Patricia: Ursula Hirst
Sir John Durant: Martin Friend
Gwendolyn Durant: Sheila Grant
Ponsonby: Denis McCarthy
Mrs Fitzherbert: Betty Baskcomb
Mrs Caudle: Marjorie Forsyth
Bishop Poole: Leslie Heritage

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