No Other Tiger by A.E.W. Mason. BBC RADIO DRAMA from john carter Watch Video

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Saturday-Night Theatre: No Other Tiger<br/>Sat 27th Jun 1964, 20:30 on BBC Home Service Basic<br/><br/>A play from his novel by A.E.W. Mason adapted for radio by Rex Rienits [Starring] Alec Clunes<br/>Produced by Raymond Raikes<br/><br/>President of the Court of Assize: Austin Trevor<br/>Archie Clutter: Alec Clunes<br/>Andreas Eleutheros: Trader Faulkner<br/>Maitre Larolle (Defence Counsel): Hamlyn Benson<br/>Elizabeth Clutter: Isabel Rennie<br/>Avocat General (Prosecuting Counsel):<br/>Wilfrid Carter<br/>Maung H’la: Garard Green<br/>Col Sir John Strickland: William Fox<br/>Corinne: Jane Wenham<br/>Leon Battchilena: Gordon Gardner<br/>Gaspard Roussencq: Bruce Beeby<br/>Hospel Roussencq: Andrew Sachs<br/>A head waiter: Alan Haines<br/>Lady Ariadne Ferne: Nicolette Bernard<br/>Denise: Gladys Spencer<br/>Pierre: Ralph Truman<br/><br/>Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company<br/><br/>Mr. Mason is here at his best. While working out very deftly an extremely intricate and clever plot, he gives us excellent characterization and a remarkably vivid series of glimpses into different settings and phases of life. Colonel John Strickland, wandering the earth in a vain attempt to forget his apparently hopeless passion for a famous young society beauty, visits Burma, where he buys a precious ruby for his lady and is induced to go tiger-hunting. He encounters \