by Charles Dickens
Adapted and produced intwelveepisodes by Charles Lefeaux
5 - 'In England and America'
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by Janet Burnell, Peter Howell and Catherine Salkeld

Martin is not successful in getting employment in London or in arranging to work his passage to America. He is almost destitute when he receives from an unknown source an envelope containing a twenty-pound note. This wind-fall is closely followed by Mark Tapley, who is determined to accompany him to America. Martin arranges a farewell meeting with Mary Graham, who gives him a diamond ring as a keepsake.
After a terrible voyage, Mark and Martin arrive in New York, where they meet a Mr. Bevan, who introduces them to Colonel Cyrus Choke and Zephaniah Scadder, from whom they buy a fifty-acre estate in the Valley of Eden.