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The Sunday Play: Byron's Fancy

on BBC Radio 3

By
David Pownall. Cambridge , 1807. Lord Byron is 19 years of age, an undergraduate, an already published poet and an established dissolute. During an intrigue he is badly beaten up and so goes into training at Gentleman
John Jackson 's Boxing Academy. For payment, the bankrupt poet will teach the champion wrestler to write verse. with David Allister , Alison Pettitt and Ben Crowe Director Marina Caldarone

Contributors

Unknown:
David Pownall. Cambridge
Unknown:
John Jackson
Unknown:
David Allister
Unknown:
Alison Pettitt
Unknown:
Ben Crowe
Director:
Marina Caldarone
Byron:
Jonathan Firth
John Eddleston:
Gareth Corke
Mrs Ransom:
Amanda Root
Gentleman John Jackson:
David Troughton
Byron's Mother:
Jennifer Piercey

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