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Classic Serial: The Master of Ballantrae

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1/2. By Robert Louis Stevenson, dramatised by Chris Dolan.

Two brothers engage in a bitter struggle over money, power and love in a dark and dramatic adventure story set in 18th-century Scotland and America. After the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the Master flees Scotland for a life of piracy, buried treasure and murder.

(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dramatised by:
Chris Dolan
Director:
Bruce Young
James:
David Rintoul
Henry:
Liam Brennan
Lord Durrisdeer:
Tom Fleming
Ephraim:
John Shedden
Alison:
Vicki Liddelle
Chevalier Burke:
Patrick Moy
Cpt Teach:
John Kazek
Dutton:
Simon Tait
Jess:
Lesley Hart
Source: Radio Times

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