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The Other Side of the Hill

Peter Luke

BBC Radio 29th/30th September 1991

“Two linked plays by Peter Luke, based on his novel which follow the Duke of Wellington and the men and women of his Peninsular campaign between 1808 and 1813.”


Play 1: It’s a Long Way from Talavera


Play 2: The Long Road to Waterloo.



Wellington
Michael Pennington
Major Napier
John Moffatt
Capt Harry Smith
Dominic Rickhards
Juanita
Siriol Jenkins
Julián Sanchez
Philip Sully
Madre Soledad
June Tobin
Goya
David March
Maj Somerset
Christopher Good
Capt Gordon
David Bannerman
Cpl Prickett
Ronald Herdman
Rifleman Doubleday
Clarence Smith
Rifleman Jackman/ Capt Freer
Mark Straker
Rifleman Palmer/Miguelin
Neil Roberts
Rifleman West
Eric Allan
Capt Kincaid
Terence Edmond
Capt Soula/Lt Cardo/Capt Gronow
Alan Barker
Gen Crauford/Gen Menacho /Gen Skerrett/Col Posonby /Surtees
Brett Usher
Lt O’Malley/Capt Costello
Andrew Wincott
Jenny Cochrane
Susan Sheridan
Gen Packenham /Gen Vandleur /Oño
Colin McFarlane
Victoria/Fanny
Emma Fielding
Lady Wellington /Harriette Wilson
Melanie Hudson
Sister Rosario/Fanny
Theresa Streatfield
Gen Scovell/Orellana
Charles Millham
Director
Glyn Dearman
Music
Tom Eastwood
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