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Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he has written a great play.
Top billed cast
Hywel BennettMr. Puff / Mr. King
Nigel HawthorneMr. Sneer
Norman RodwayMr. Dangle
Rosemary LeachMrs. Dangle
John GielgudLord Burleigh
Alan BadelSir Fretful Plaigary
Anna MasseyTilburina
Rodney BewesConstable
Christopher BigginsInterpreter
Clive FrancisSheridan (Prologue)
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