Play Things
A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a deprived London area. Adapted by Peter Prince from his own novel.
A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a deprived London area. Adapted by Peter Prince from his own novel.
Jonathan Pryce
Playleader
Nigel Hawthorne
Tenby
Colin Campbell
Straker
Tony Haygarth
Art Riley
Michael Elphick
Frank
Heinz Burt
Gordon
Maureen Sweeney
Isobel
Lindsay Ingram
Portia
Sandy Ratcliff
Alice
A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a deprived London area. Adapted by Peter Prince from his own novel.
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