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The Merry-Go-Round

by Julia Peterkin

Dramatized by Laura Harrington
Directed by John Theocharis

Play Time: 29:00

 

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CAST

 
   

Waitress

Margaret Ann Brady

William Carson

Jeremiah Kissel

Deputy

Richard McElvain

Brother Abraham

Ed Peed

Policeman/Conductor

Roland Robinson

Captain/Foreman

Tim Sawyer

Jesse Weeks

Baron Vaughn

Maum Mary Parker Rose Weaver
Meta Parker Denise Williams
   
Also taking part Kerrie Jackson and Rachel Craw.
   

PRODUCTION STAFF

 
   

Executive Producer.

Valerie Henderson

Sound Engineer Jeff Whitehead

Sound Effects Producer

Scott Saloway

Dialect Consultant

Erica Tobolski

Assistant producer &
Organist

Drew Myler

Humanities Advisor

Susan Millar Williams

   
Funded by the South Carolina Humanities Council.

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radio play logo   Dr. Deborah Hooker, Director
Women's and Gender Studies
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
NC State University
    Send inquiries to dahooker@ncsu.edu

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