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Melissa Murray Vortigern And Rowena

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In 1796, at Drury Lane theatre, Richard Sheridan puts on a guaranteed hit: a production of a 'lost' Shakespeare play. What could possibly go wrong? Sheridan ...... Lorcan Cranitch Kemble ...... Alex Jennings Stage Hand ...... Ben Crowe Henry ...... Rufus Wright Samuel ...... Bruce Alexander Mrs Powell ...... Joanna Monro Mrs Jordan ...... Alison Pettitt Actor ...... David Seddon Producer Marc Beeby Afternoon Drama: Shakespeare's Vortigern and Rowena First broadcast: Wed 3rd Mar 2010, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Press Clippings In 1796, hoping to cash in on public interest in a "lost" Shakespeare play said to have been found in an attic, Richard Brinsley Sheridan had outbid Covent Garden to stage Vortigern and Rowena at his own Drury Lane theatre. Melissa Murray's comedy follows in a fine Radio 4 tradition of tales of historic thespian folk with a backstage account of the play's first (and only) night. Here is Sheridan, peering at his sozzled nose in the mirror

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  1. Melissa Murray Vortigern and Rowena

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  1. Melissa Murray Vortigern And Rowena

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