People of Nowhere

Produced by John Crockett
Writer: James Brabazon

10th April 1961

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• Adrian Brine . . . . . . . . . . . German Policeman
  Frank Finlay . . . . . . . . . . . Stefan
  Barry Foster . . . . . . . . . . . Tadek
  Patrick Godfrey . . . . . . . . . . . Jan
  John Greenwood . . . . . . . . . . . Russian Refugee
  Joan Hart . . . . . . . . . . . Betty McLaren
  Douglas Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . British Sergeant
  Barry Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . First German
  Geraldine Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . Trudi
  Megs Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Maczek
  Robert Lang . . . . . . . . . . . Second German
  Ruth Meyers . . . . . . . . . . . Nina
  Stuart Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . Mr Bradsham
  Frederick Schiller . . . . . . . . . . . Isaac
  Alex Scott . . . . . . . . . . . The Doctor
  John Murray Scott . . . . . . . . . . . Russian Refugee
  
  

• T0NIGHT'S play by James Brabazon, is about refugees. Set in a derelict church, once an army ammunition dump somewhere in the British Zone of Western Germany in 1945 it tells the story not of the whole refugee problem, but of one ordibary family - caught in circumstances not of their own making, but of the making of history.
  
  Originally commissioned by the Dominicans of Hawksyard Priory as a contribution towards World Refugee Year, People of Nowhere was first produced out of doors at Hawksyard by John Crockett, and later moved into St. Thomas's Church, Regent Street. Tonight's production, again by John Crockett, was recorded in its entirety in All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey - a disused church chosen on account of its Byzantine interior, rich in visual detail, that enhances and contrasts with the lives and circumstances of the refugees in the play.
  
  Heading an excellent cast are Megs Jenkins, who has given many fine performances in films and television, and Barry Foster, the young actor who was recently making London audiences take notice of him in Fairy Tales of New York at the Comedy Theatre .
  
  Radio Times April 1961