Description
CHARACTERS
THE FINGER OF FATE
GILBERT
FOGGERTY
DOLLY
THE BURGLAR’S STORY
GILBERT
SEPTIMUS BELVAWNEY
LUCRETIA BELVAWNEY
THEODORE BELVAWNEY
STONELEIGH
BELINDA
JOHN DAVIS
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE
GILBERT
REVEREND STANLEY GAY
JESSIE LIGHTLY
SIR CARACTACUS
ZORAH CLARKE
BISHOP
GROSVENOR
WIDE AWAKE
GILBERT
HAROLD SYMPERSON
UNCLE SPARROW
AUNT SPARROW
BRIDGET
GEORGINA SPARROW
JAMES SPARROW
JOHN SPARROW
A SENSATIONAL NOVEL
GILBERT
EBENEZER FUDGE
DEMON
GRIPPER
LADY ROCKALDA
SIR RUTHVEN
HERBERT
ALICE GREY
PRODUCTION HISTORY
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002 and 2004.Much repeated on Radio 4 Extra since. Jonathan Coy played Gilbert and the casts included Stephen Moore, Alison Steadman and John Rowe.
RUNNING TIME
Each play runs approximately 30 minutes
PREVIEW
Preview available here