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Saturday-Night Theatre: St Helena

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by R.C. Sherriff and Jeanne De Casalis, adapted for radio by Martin Jenkins
with Lee Montague as Napoleon
and Peter Egan, Michael Spice, Maurice Good

In December 1815 the British imprisoned Napoleon on St Helena. The play traces the long slow decline of the caged tiger until his death in May 1821.

(Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
R.C. Sherriff
Writer:
Jeanne de Casalis
Adapter:
Martin Jenkins
Producer:
Martin Jenkins
Napoleon:
Lee Montague
Count Bertrand:
Michael Spice
Countess Bertrand:
Sheila Grant
Count Montholon:
John Rowe
Countess Montholon:
Kate Binchy
Baron Gourgaud:
Peter Egan
Count Las Cases:
Terry Scully
Cipriani:
Rolf Lefebvre
Marchand:
Martin Friend
St Denis:
Sam Dastor
Novarrez:
Douglas Blackwell
The Abbe Buonavita:
John Ruddock
Dr Antommarchi:
David Valla
Sir Hudson Lowe:
Brian Haines
Admiral Sir George Cockburn:
Lewis Stringer
Captain Nicholls:
David Gooderson
Dr O'Meara:
Maurice Good
Subaltern:
Fraser Kerr
Carpenter:
John Ruddock
Marine:
Fraser Kerr
Sailor:
David Gooderson
Source: Radio Times

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