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The Monday Play: Thistlewood

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Stewart Conn
with music composed and arranged by Adrian Secchi

Arthur Thistlewood, executed at Newgate in 1820 for murder and high treason, was one of those historical rarities: an English Revolutionary. 'We will have to take to arms.... we must occupy the Tower and barricade the bridges. Blow open the prison doors and see these lofty Bastilles reduced to ashes. We must take what is Ours...'

BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Sunday 2.30 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Stewart Conn
Music composed and arranged by/Musical Director:
Adrian Secchi
Producer/Director:
Robert Cooper
John Bull:
John Hollis
Arthur Thistlewood:
Ian Hogg
Sea Captain/George Edwards:
Russell Dixon
Orator Hunt/James Ings:
Peter Wheeler
Samuel Bamford/Richard Tidd:
James Tomlinson
Mrs Bamford:
Daphne Oxenford
Susan:
Judith Barker
Viscount Sidmouth:
Geoffrey Banks
Secretary Taylor:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Dr Watson/John Brunt:
Brian Miller
Source: Radio Times

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