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Radio 4 Extra,16 Jan 1994,60 mins

3. Bonnet, Belt and Sword

Waverley by Sir Walter Scott

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Due to stand trial for treason, Waverley has been rescued by the rebels.. Starring Richard Greenwood and Wendy Seager. A young Englishman is caught up in Bonnie Prince Charlie's attempt to regain the throne of Great Britain for the Stuart Dynasty, Sir Walter Scott's great novel of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. Dramatised by Roger Danes. Edward Waverley .... Richard Greenwood Bradwardine .... John Buick Flora .... Wendy Seager Rose .... Maria Miller Fergus .... James Bryce Prince Charles .... Tom Smith Col. Talbot .... Crawford Logan Houghton .... Stuart McQuarrie Evan Dhu .... Finlay Welsh Col. Gardiner .... David McKail Callum Beg .... Steven McNicoll Mrs. Flockhart .... Eliza Langland Janet .... Alyxis Daly MacWheeble .... John Shedden Balmawhapple .... Finlay McLean Music composed and performed by Iain Johnstone. With Mhairi Campbell (violin, viola), Ron Shaw (cello), and Mike Travis (drums). Director: Patrick Rayner First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1994.

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