Curtain Down at Her Majesty's - A play in five acts (Omnibus)

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Curtain Down at Her Majesty's - A Play in Five Acts (Omnibus)

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Curtain Down at Her Majesty's - A Play in Five Acts (Omnibus)

The remarkable story of Queen Victoria's final days, told by those who were there.

The remarkable story of Queen Victoria's final days, told by those who were there. Starring Brigit Forsyth and Marcia Warren.

Michael Chaplin’s five-act drama about the death of Queen Victoria.

For two weeks the nation stopped in its tracks, mesmerised by the mortality of a little old lady who had sat on the throne for over 60 years. 

Her children squabbled, her doctors quarrelled, her army bickered and the public were misled and kept in the dark. 

This is the remarkable story of Queen Victoria's final days and the chaos and confusion surrounding her funeral, told by those who were there. 

Based on the book Curtain Down at Her Majesty’s, an eyewitness history by Stewart Richards. 

Omnibus of five parts.  

Queen Victoria ...... Brigit Forsyth
Old Winnie Powell .….. Marcia Warren
Interviewer …... Carl Prekopp
Mary Tuck …... Wendy Nottingham
Young Winnie Powell …... Lauren Cornelius
Sir James Reid …... Ross F Sutherland
Sir Frederick ‘Fritz’ Ponsonby …... Tom Turner
Kaiser Wilhelm …... Hywel Morgan
King Edward VII …... Gerard McDermott
Daniel …... Douglas Clarke-Wood

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Director: Carl Prekopp

Producers:   Lucinda Mason Brown & Stewart Richards

A Stewart Richards / Goldhawk Essential co-production, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.

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