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The Monday Play Howlcroft

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Jonathan Smith
with

In 1794 Thomas Holcroft, actor, novelist, playwright, radical philosopher and lifelong believer in human perfectability, was indicted on a charge of high treason and held for eight weeks at Newgate Prison. He prepared his own defence. But he also faced a deeper inner trial. He had tried to bring up his son William to be 'the perfect man' and in this he had failed.

BBC Bristol (Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Jonathan Smith
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Home Tooke:
Cyril Cusack
Thomas Holcroft:
John Rowe
William Holcroft:
Mark Straker
William Godwin:
Bill Wallis
Thomas Hardy:
Henry Stamper
Erskine:
Christian Rodska
Lord Chief Justice:
Hedley Goodall
Violinist:
Helen Goodman
Flautist:
Sue Buckland

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