The Nine Days Queen BBC - Amanda Whittington

Category: Full Cast, Historical Fiction, Radio Productions
Language: English
Keywords: BBC Full Cast History Radio 4

Written by Amanda Whittington
Read by Loo Brealey, Emma Stansfield, Full Cast
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Dramatization

Nine Days Queen, The BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play)
By: Amanda Whittington
Narrated by: Loo Brealey, Emma Stansfield
Length: 43 mins
Radio/TV Program
Release date: 01-11-2010
Language: English
Publisher: BBC Audio

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation written by Amanda Whittington, originally broadcast as the Afternoon Play on 23 February 2009.

This is the tumultuous tale of the trial of Lady Jane Grey, proclaimed Queen of England in 1553 at the age of 16, nine days later locked in the Tower, and, within a year, dead.

”Loo Brealey puts in a superb performance” (Observer) as Lady Jane Grey, with Emma Stansfield as Nurse Ellen, Helen Schlesinger as Frances, and Agnes Bateman as the young Jane. Also stars Janice Acquah, Paul Rider, Robert Lonsdale, Stephen Critchlow, Malcolm Tierney, and Zebedee Soanes.

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