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The Holy Experiment by WILLIAM FOX , with Richard Pasco as William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania in 1681. He was a Quaker but also a courtier and his determination for a better deal for members of his sect secured a grant of land in the New World from Charles II. He remains one of the greatest figures of American history: his Treaty with the Indians, the most successful treatment of aborigines that history records, lasted for 70 years; his Frame of Government for Pennsylvania became the basis for the Constitution of the United States in 1776. Produced and directed by IAN. COTTERELL (Rptd: Mon 3.5 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
William Fox
Unknown:
Richard Pasco
Unknown:
William Penn
Directed By:
Ian. Cotterell
John Locke:
Peter Howell
Bulldog:
Clifford Norgate
Dr Fell:
Peter Woodthorpe
Mary Pennington:
Irene Sutcliffe
Gulielma Springett:
Caroline John
Isaac Pennington:
James Thomason
Admiral Sir William Penn:
William Fox
Lady Penn:
Margaret Robertson
Thomas Loe:
William Eedle
Sir John Robinson:
John Rowe
James, Duke of York:
John Westbrook
George Fox:
Haydn Jones
Critical Friend:
Marcus Campbell
William Meade:
Steve Hodson
Court clerk/Equerry:
David Neal
Recorder:
David Graham
Lord Mayor:
Jeffrey Segal
Foreman:
Douglas Blackwell
Colonel Aston:
Walter Hall
John Aubrey:
Nigel Lambert
Charles II:
Brian Sanders
Colonel Markham:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Taminent:
Clifford Norgate

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