THE BRIDE’S CHAMBER
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
“Set in northern England during the 19th century, writers Charles Dickens and
Wilkie Collins stop off at an inn in Lancaster where they hear a ghostly tale
(based on a Dickens short story—“The lazy tour of two idle apprentices”).”
“When Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins find themselves staying in an old inn
in Lancaster, while on a walking tour in the north county, the famous author
encounters a man dressed in black who has a story to tell which alarms him more
than he could wish.”
[TES Magazine on 25 June, 2004 | By: Robin Buss] “A jolly little ghost story for
the end of term, on radio - an excellent medium for haunting tales. Dickens' The
Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, adapted by Michael Eaton, imagines the
writer and his friend Wilkie Collins (apprentices of their mistress, Literature) on
a tour to Cumberland and stopping at an inn where they hear a chilling tale.
Gawn Grainger and Alan Cox play the writers; Jack Shepherd is the apparition in
The Bride's Chamber.”
[Program information]
ORIGINATION: Radio 4, London (BBC).
DURATION: June 25, 2004.
PERSONNEL: Michael Eaton (scriptwriter), Sebastian Graham-Jones
(director), Lucy Mangan (script editor), Nicholas Newton (producer), Mark
Smith (studio manager), John Tams (music).
CAST: Alan Cox (Wilkie Collins/Young Man), Lucy Davenport (Ellen, the Bride),
Lynn Farleigh (Mrs. Pinchbeck), Gawn Grainger (Charles Dickens), Andrew Neil
(First Scientific Gentleman), Sean Scanlon (Second Scientific Gentleman), Jack
Shepherd (Hardman/ Man in Black), John Tams (The Landlord).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Yes.
[Program log]
THE AFTERNOON PLAY (RADIO 4, LONDON)
[Friday—2:15-3:00 PM]
June 25, 2004 “The Bride’s Chamber”