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Afternoon Play: I Was a Stranger

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The remarkable and poignant story of an Ethiopian prince who died of pneumonia in Leeds in November 1879. Prince Alamayou of Abyssinia had apparently fallen asleep in an outside WC in the middle of a cold night. His body was transported to St George's Chapel, Windsor, in a glass-faced coffin. A plaque, erected by Queen Victoria reads "I was a stranger and ye took me in."

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Spafford
Producer/Director:
Pauline Harris
Alamayou:
Chiwetel Ejlofor
Boy Alamayou:
Ife Okpor
Capt Speedy:
Robert Pickavance
Mrs Speedy:
Helen Longworth
Lakiyaye/Queen Victoria:
Claire Benedict
Mr Ransome/Tewodros:
Patrice Nalambana
Jex-Blake:
David Fleeshman
Harriet:
Rosie Fleeshman
Source: Radio Times

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