Richard, Earl Lloyd George Storm Lantern

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SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE First broadcast: Sat 3rd Sep 1966, 20:30 on BBC Home Service Basic Storm Lantern A play by Maurice Moiseiwitsch, adapted for radio from a book by Richard, Earl LLoyd-George A tempestuous Cabinet Minister in the First World War battles against military prejudice in order to give the troops the means to win a war he abhors. Within himself - as his son discovers - are the seeds of his own political decline. With William Squire as the Minister Producer: H.B. Fortuin Owen Evans, the Minister's son: David Buck Mrs Evans, the Minister's wife: Noel Hood Jason, the Minister's secretary: Laurence Payne Morgan Evans, the Minister: William Squire Jessie, a maid: Susan Maudslay Detective-Inspector Taggart: Arthur Lawrence General Brewster: Walter Fitzgerald General Crump: John Justin Caroline Bishop, the Minister's stenographer: Eira Heath Hugh Hughes, a journalist: Haydn Jones King's Messenger: Noel Howlett

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.