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Bridie'splays uniform with this volume  \nMering Nig(Introduction by.B.Priestley)The AnatomistBabes in the WoodColonel WotherspoonDaphne LaureolaDr.AngelusKing of NowhereThe Last TrumpMary Read(with Claud Gurney)Marriage is no JokeMr.BolfryMr.GillieThe Queen's ComedyA Sleeping ClergymanSusannah and the EldersThe SwitchbackTobias and the Angel  \nJONAH AND THE WHALE  \nbyJAMES BRIDIE  \nLONDONCONSTABLE &CO LTD  \np9  \n6025  \n8855  \n1932  \nC.2.  \nPUBLISHED BY  \nConstable and Company LtdIO Orange Street,London,W.C.2  \nFPh1932Rprin13 timesReprinted I968(trvice)  \nSBN 094527202  \nDEDICATED TO  \nCHARLES MACARTNEY  \nFOR AN OLD SONG  \n330123  \nFirst produced at the Westminster Theatre,London,December I2,I932,with the following Cast:  \nJOSIBIAH..Drelincourt Odlum.  \nEUODIAS.Joan White.  \n,·**********************  \nHASHMONAH.Arthur Burne.NAARAN.·Rachel Hill.SHUAL .Gilchrist Odlum.BILSHAN·David Horne.SENTRY.Roger Maxwell.JONAH.Edward Chapman.A CAPTAINAntony Eustrel.  \n*******,***************·  \n曲  \nPURSER .Roger Maxwell.A SAILORRollo Gamble.A WOMAN PASSENGERElspeth March.A MAN .Edwin Morton.ANOTHER MANRupert Scott.A WHALEHenry Oscar.SOPHERETHBetty Hardy.ESHTEMOAGillian Scaife.ZEMIRAH.·Mary Gaskell.ZUPH·Jeanne Garman.ZAZA.Patricia Cavendish.ZIZ.Nancy Nicholls.SHIPHRAHMary Sheridan.STACHYS.·.Rollo Gamble.TOLAD ..Richard Ainley.HADADEZER.Drelincourt Odlum.TOLA.Frances Ross Campbell.  \n*  \n甲垂电由  \n由  \nProduced by Henry Oscar.","cbCaigjZ9qJNuOWb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigjZ9qJNuOWb","pdf",2889348,"English","# Publication Details\n## Play History and Editions\n# Production Records\n## Original Cast List\n## Production Staff","[{\"question\":\"Who wrote the play Jonah and the Whale?\",\"answer\":\"The play was written by the Scottish playwright James Bridie.\"},{\"question\":\"When was Jonah and the Whale first produced on stage?\",\"answer\":\"The play was first produced at the Westminster Theatre in London on December 12, 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