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Afternoon Play: Apostle of Light

on BBC Radio 4 FM

By John Pilkington. Louis Braille , who died 150 years ago, was blinded in a childhood accident. He was determined that he and other blind children at an institution in early 19th-century Paris should be rescued from being treated almost as social outcasts. But the only way to do this would be to devise a system which would enable them to read.
With children of Kentish Town C of E Primary School, London

Contributors

Writer:
John Pilkington
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Louis Braille:
Adam Godley
Pignier:
John Rowe
Young Louis:
Alex Etchart
Gabriel:
Carl Prekopp
Dufau:
Christopher Godwin
Father:
Sean Baker
Guadet:
Sean Baker
Mother:
Marlene Sidaway
Mme der Burgh:
Marlene Sidaway

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