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The Monday Play: A Disorderly Girl

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Bruce Stewart
with Marie Kean as Mollie Driscoll, an Irish Madam, Sarah Golding as Alice Venning, the 'disorderly girl', Alaric Cotter as Jonas Venning, her husband, Clive Swift as Jeremy Bentham, the philosopher, and Clifford Rose as Mr Justice Belcher
"The sentence for stealing privily from the person is execution ... However, the court has a - certain discretion ... News has recently reached this country that there is a shortage of able bodied women in the penal colony of New South Wales. In consequence, Alice Venning - I sentence you to 15 years' transportation."
(Repeated: next Sun 2.30 pm)
(Clive Swift is in "Dirty Linen" at the Arts Theatre Club)

Contributors

Writer:
Bruce Stewart
Ballad Singer:
Frankie Armstrong
Produced and directed by:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Mollie Driscol:
Marie Kean
Alice Venning:
Sarah Golding
Jonas Venning:
Alaric Cotter
Jeremy Bentham:
Clive Swift
Mr Justice Belcher:
Clifford Rose
Capt Marston:
Geoffrey Matthews
Lieut Chalmers:
Hugh Dickson
Lizzie:
Jane Knowles
Blackmer:
Rod Beacham
Joanna Brotherton:
Frances Jeater
Doll Brighouse:
Katherine Parr
Bow Street Runner:
Michael Harbour
Gentleman:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Redcoat:
Douglas Blackwell
Turnkey:
James Thomason
Warder:
Joan Matheson
Source: Radio Times

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