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Classic Serial: Waverley: 1: Red Coat - White Cockade

on BBC Radio 4 FM

First in a four-part dramatisation of Sir Walter Scott's great novel of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, with Richard Greenwood as Edward Waverley.

As Bonnie Prince Charlie tries to regain the throne of Great Britain for the Stuart dynasty, a young Englishman finds himself fighting on the wrong side.
Music by Iain Johnstone, with Mhairi Campbell (violin, viola), Ron Shaw (cello) and Mike Travis (drums).

Contributors

Author:
Sir Walter Scott
Dramatised by:
Roger Danes
Music:
Iain Johnstone
Violinist/Violaist:
Mhairi Campbell
Cellist:
Ron Shaw
Drummer:
Mike Travis
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Edward Waverley:
Richard Greenwood
Bradwardine:
John Buick
Flora:
Wendy Seager
Rose:
Maria Miller
Fergus:
James Bryce
Donald Bean Lean:
Paul Young
Davey:
Tom Smith
Houghton:
Stuart McQuarrie
Evan Dhu:
Finlay Welsh
Cohan Beg:
Steven McNicoll
Aunt Rachel:
Mary Riggans
Sr Everard:
Robin Thompson
Colonel Gardiner:
David McKail
MacWheeble:
John Shedden
Bahnawhappie:
Finlay McLean
Alice:
Eliza Langland

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