The British love for amateur dramatics takes over a household with farcical results.

From a collection of comic tales by Charles Dickens.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

Voice of Boz ...... Nicholas Farrell
Sempronius Gattleton ...... David Antrobus
Lucina Gattleton ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
Mrs Joseph Porter ...... Shirley Dixon
Mrs Gattleton ...... Frances Jeater
Mr Evans ...... Charles Simpson
Mr Gattleton ...... Geoffrey Whitehead

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998. Show less