30 Nov 1945
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The Birthday Party
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]
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Kenneth Cranham Stanley Webber
Joan Plowright Meg Bowles
Colin Blakely Shamus McCann
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Robert Lang Petey Bowles
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