Hornblower And The Crisis by C.S. Forester

Saturday-Night Theatre: Hornblower and the Crisis
Sat 22nd Aug 1970, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The posthumous novel by C.S. Forester, adapted for radio by Val Gielgud who introduces the play with John Westbrook and John Bennett.

The year is 1805 - shortly before the Battle of Trafalgar.

Special effects by David Fleming-Williams in conjunction with the Sail Training Association
From Manchester Producer: Trevor Hill
Music: Johnny Pearson

Hornblower, as a retired Admiral and as a young Captain: John Westbrook
Lieutenant Bush: John Bennett
Captain James Meadows: John McGregor
Captain Baddlestone, of the water-hoy Princess:
Wilfred Harrison
Court of Enquiry: Roy Barraclough
Mr Prowse, the Sailing-Master: Joseph Holmes
A boy at Plymouth: Ronald Harvi
Admiral Foster, the Port-Admiral: Graham Tennant
Maria Hornblower: Vida Paterson
Mr Marsden, Secretary to the Board of Admiralty:
John Blain
Mr Dorsey: Ronald Harvi
Mr Barrow: David Mahlowe
Dr Claudius, the forger: Colin Edwynn
Lord Barham, First Lord of the Admiralty:
Norman Shelley

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