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When W E Henley, the one-legged
Gloucestershire poet and eccentric, visited Edinburgh for an operation in 1874, he struck up an immediate and robust friendship with the more effete
R L Stevenson. It was a friendship that was to survive many storms - including Stevenson's thinly disguised portrait of as in Treasure Island.
Written by Jonathan Smith.
Director Shaun MacLoughlin Stereo (R)

Contributors

Written By:
Jonathan Smith.
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Henley:
Long John Silver
Robert Louis Stevenson:
Bill Paterson
W E Henley:
John Franklin Robbins
Fanny:
Maureen O'Brien
Katherine:
Joanne MacKie
Joseph Lister:
Bill Wallis
Leslie Stephen:
Peter Copley
Sister:
Eva Stuart
Nurse:
Marcia King
Lloyd:
John Bolton
Source: Radio Times

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