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The Saturday Play: Penny Gaffs and Angel Places

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Mike Dorrell's play about Charles Dickens as the author tries to make sense of things during a walk contrasts idealised scenes of marriage from
Dickens's fiction with bitter reality. October 1857. As problems in Dickens's marriage come to a head, he feels the pressure mounting. One night, unable to sleep, he walks the 30 miles from his home in London to Gad's Hill in Kent. But he cannot shake off the voices in his head.

Contributors

Writer:
Mike Dorrell
Director:
Alison Hindell
Dickens:
Richard Tate
Georgina:
Siobhan Redmond
Wilkie:
Andrew Wincott
Catherine:
Alexandra Mathie
Barker:
Simon Ludders
Mrs Barker:
Ruth Jones
Pancks:
Robert Harper
Ellen:
Claire Cage
Mr Dick:
David Middleton
Source: Radio Times

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