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Radio 4 Extra,09 Jan 1994,60 mins

2. The Clash of Love and Duty

Waverley by Sir Walter Scott

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Waverley, on leave from his regiment, has been injured at the great stag hunt. 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 Flora .... Wendy Seager Rose .... Maria Miller Fergus .... James Bryce Donald Bean Lean .... Paul Young Davey .... Tom Smith Houghton .... Stuart McQuarrie Tims .... Finlay Welsh Col. Gardiner .... David McKail Callum Beg .... Steven McNicoll Aunt Rachel .... Mary Riggans Sir Everard .... Robin Thomson Sir Richard .... Sandy Neilson MacWheeble .... John Shedden Jeannie .... Ceit Kearney 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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