SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE<br /><br />Sat 26th Aug 1961, 20:30 on BBC Home Service Basic<br /><br />The recorded broadcast of April 24.<br /><br />Haydn Jones, Avril Elgar and Miles Malleson in Six Men of Dorset by Miles Malleson and H. Brooks<br /><br />A play about the Tolpuddle Martyrs, celebrating the brave working class men who were exiled to Australia for forming a trade union.<br /><br />The action takes place in Dorset, London, and Australia in the 1830s, and Canada in the 1850s.<br />Produced by Charles Lefeaux<br /><br />Main characters in order of speaking:<br /><br />Nellie, as a child: Susan Bown<br /><br />Georgie: David Lott<br /><br />Jinnie: Heather Kyd<br /><br />Betsy Loveless, their mother: Avril Elgar<br /><br />George Loveless, their father, and one of the Six Men: Haydn Jones<br /><br />James Loveless, one of the Six Men: Tom Watson<br /><br />Two of the Six Men: James Brine: Nigel Anthony<br /><br />Two of the Six Men: James Hammett:<br /><br />William Eedle<br /><br />Edward Legg: Kenneth Dight<br /><br />The Squire: Eric Anderson<br /><br />Dr Warren: Derek Blomfield<br /><br />Farmer Bryant: Julian Somers<br /><br />Farmer Case: Wilfred Babbage<br /><br />Farmer Duffelt: Philip Morant<br /><br />Two of the Six Men: Thomas Standfield:<br /><br />Frederick Treves<br /><br />John Standfleld: Andrew Irvine<br /><br />William Cobb: Godfrey Kenton<br /><br />Mr Wollaston, JP: Peter Claughton<br /><br />James Frampton, JP: John, Bryning<br /><br />Mr Gambier, Counsel for the Prosecution:<br /><br />Derek Birch<br /><br />Mr Butt, Counsel for the Defence: Miles Malleson<br /><br />Judge Baron Williams: Keith Williams<br /><br />The Rev Dr Wade: Willoughby Goddard<br /><br />Robin Nealy: Andrew Irvine<br /><br />Nellie Loveless: Penelope Lee<br /><br />Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company<br /><br />Tolpuddle is a village near Dorchester in Dorset, where in the years 1833 and 1834 a great wave of trade union activity took place and a lodge of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers was established.<br /><br />George Loveless and five fellow workers – his brother James, James Hammett, James Brine, Thomas Standfield and Thomas's son John – were charged with having taken an illegal oath. But their real crime in the eyes of the establishment was to have formed a trade union to protest about their meagre pay of six shillings a week – the equivalent of 30p in today's money and the third wage cut in as many years.<br /><br /><br />Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio?<br />Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows<br />#radio #crime #thriller #drama<br />To Support this channel please visit<br />https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio<br />https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98<br />https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio<br />https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio
