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When All Roads Led to France

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A monologue for Remembrance Day, adapted from the poems and diary of Edward Thomas, who was killed on Easter Monday 1917 in the Battle of Arras with Ronald Pickup as Edward Thomas and Mary Wimbush as Helen Thomas.
Introduced and compiled by Roger Frith.
The diary on which this programme is based was found in the pocket of Edward Thomas's uniform after he was killed: it has only recently come to light. Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance...
(Ronald Pickup is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Presenter/Compiled by:
Roger Frith
Edward Thomas:
Ronald Pickup
Helen Thomas:
Mary Wimbush
Producer:
Hallam Tennyson
Source: Radio Times

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