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Gunpowder Women

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A series of plays focusing on women caught up in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. 1/5. The Pilgrim. By Theresa Heskins. Ann Vaux , cousin of the conspirator Robert Catesby , sets off from her Essex home on a pilgrimage to St Winifred's Well in Wales. On the way she visits some of the major Catholic families in the country and arouses suspicion.
Producer/Director Jenny Stephens Repeated from 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Theresa Heskins.
Unknown:
Ann Vaux
Unknown:
Robert Catesby
Director:
Jenny Stephens
Ann Vaux:
Carolyn Pickles
William Waad:
Robert Lister
Father Garnet:
David Harqreaves
Jeanette:
Alison Belbir
St Winifred:
Charlotte Lowri
Catesby:
Richard Derringtor
Source: Radio Times

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