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Afternoon Theatre: The Devil's Disciple

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A melodrama by Bernard Shaw
with Tony Church as General Burgoyne, James Laurenson as Richard Dudgeon, Lucy Fleming as Judith Anderson
"They call me the Devil's Disciple... I promised him my soul... that promise and that oath made a man of me. From this day this house is his home; and no child shall cry in it; this hearth is his altar; and no soul shall ever cower of it in the dark evenings and be afraid... " Time and place: New Hampshire, 1777.
(BBC Bristol)

Contributors

Writer:
Bernard Shaw
Produced and directed by:
Brian Miller
General Burgoyne:
Tony Church
Richard Dudgeon:
James Laurenson
Judith Anderson:
Lucy Fleming
Mrs Dudgeon:
Constance Chapman
Essie:
Eva Haddon
Christy:
Terence Wilton
Rev A Anderson:
Tenniel Evans
Uncle Titus:
Esmond Rideout
Uncle William:
Dennis Bowen
Lawyer Hawkins:
Michael Rothwell
Sergeant:
Trevor Martin
Major Swindon:
Haydn Jones
Chaplain:
Timothy Kightley
Narrator:
Denys Hawthorne
Source: Radio Times

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