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Afternoon Theatre

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Peewit by GEORGINA REID
A young servant girl is employed in the household of the writer Thomas Carlyle , during the time he is working on his celebrated history of the French Revolution. He is irritated by her boisterous nature, she by his creative temperament. But when disaster strikes, it is she who saves him.... Directed by CHERRY COOKSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Georgina Reid
Unknown:
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle:
Bill Paterson
Sarah:
Rosalind Adams
Jane Carlyle:
Jennifer Piercey
Mrs Welsh:
Eva Stuart
John Stuart Mill:
John Webb

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