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Footlight Fairies

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Theatre critic Susannah Clapp tells the story of Millicent Fawcett , the indomitable reformerwho campaigned to remove children from the 19th-century stage, and investigatesthe Victorian obsession with the juveniles who played everything from fairies to
Lewis Carroll 's oysterghosts. Based on research by Anne Varty and featuring Siobhan Redmond as Millicent Fawcett. With dramatisations by Philip Glassborrow.
Producer Philippa Ritchie
Read Esther Rantzen on the child stars: page 121

Contributors

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Susannah Clapp
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Millicent Fawcett
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Lewis Carroll
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Anne Varty
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Siobhan Redmond
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Millicent Fawcett.
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Philip Glassborrow.
Producer:
Philippa Ritchie
Producer:
Read Esther Rantzen
Rose:
Anabel Bamston
Mrs Bear:
Maggie Bourgein
The Houses of Parliament:
Jon Glover
Source: Radio Times

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