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A Matter of Speculation

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

by Henry Cecil
Adapted by the author from his book
The events of the play are concerned with the trial in 1814 of Admiral Lord Cochrane and others - on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the London Stock Exchange.

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Contributors

Writer:
Henry Cecil
Produced by:
Archie Campbell
Admiral Lord Cochrane:
Cecil Parker
Sir Francis Burdett, M P:
Noel Howlett
Elector de Berenger:
Garard Green
Mr Justice le Blanc:
Garard Green
Town Crier:
Basil Jones
Crabb Robinson:
Basil Jones
Lord Ellenborough:
John Boxer
Mr Gurney, Prosecuting Counsel:
William Fox
Mr Adolphus:
Alan Haines
Secretary:
Alan Haines
Le Marchant:
Stephen Thorne
Usher:
Stephen Thorne
First witness:
Hector Ross
Sir James Mackintosh:
Hector Ross
Crane:
Fraser Kerr
M'Rae:
Fraser Kerr
Messenger richardson:
Nigel Graham
Messenger:
Nigel Graham
Bartholomew:
Eric Anderson
Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone:
Eric Anderson
Countess of Dundonald:
Mary Wimbush
William IV:
Norman Shelley
Source: Radio Times

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