Captain Swing by Annie Caulfield
Directed by David Hunter
BBC Radio 4 - 23.05.2007
Episode 4 Series 1 of Dickens Confidential
Series of plays looking at how Charles Dickens, as the head of a daily paper, would have tackled bringing the news to the masses.
Plot[]
Staying at her father's country residence, Agnes finds herself at the centre of a story when her father's beloved steam plough is destroyed. Dickens begins an investigation but Agnes realises that there is much more at stake than broken and burnt property.
Cast[]
- Dickens....Jamie Glover
- Agnes....Jasmine Hyde
- Jack....Freddy White
- Patty....Jasmine Callan
- Tom....Anthony Glennon
- Joseph Paxton....John Dougall
- Mrs Drake....Ann Beach