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Drama on 4: Jennifer Howarth - A City Full of Swindlers

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A City Full of Swindlers

20/11/2007

Jennifer Howarth - A City Full of Swindlers

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Jennifer Howarth - A City Full of Swindlers

1799: Jane Austen's aunt is accused of shoplifting from a shop in Bath.

1799: Jane Austen's aunt is accused of shoplifting from a shop in Bath. Dramatisation with Pamela Miles and Tim Pigott-Smith.

By Jenny Howarth.

Cassandra Austen narrates the shocking story of her aunt's arrest and imprisonment for stealing a piece of lace, a story which reveals Georgian Bath to be a far less decorous place than it appears in her sister Jane's novels.

Jane Leigh Perrot ...... Pamela Miles
James Leigh Perrot ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Cassandra Austen ...... Lucy Black
Mr Bond ...... Robert Gwilym
Miss Gregory ...... Alison Reid
Mr Filby ...... Howard Coggins
Mr Gibbs ...... David Collins
Mrs Scadding ...... Heather Williams
Judge ...... Ross Harvey
Mayor ...... Tom Sherman

Directed by Sara Davies.

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