When Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins find themselves staying in an old Inn in Lancaster, while on a walking tour in the north country, the famous author encounters a man dressed in black who has a story to tell which alarms him more than he could wish.
Broadcast on 25th June 2004 for The Afternoon Play on BBC Radio 4.
CAST
Wilkie Collins/Young Man – ALAN COX
Charles Dickens – GAWN GRAINGER
Landlord – JOHN TAMS
Hardman & Men in Black – JACK SHEPHERD
Mrs Pinchbeck – LYNN FARLEIGH
The Bride (Ellen) – LUCY DAVENPORT
Scientific Gentleman 1 – ANDREW NEIL
Scientific Gentleman 2 – SEAN SCANLON
COMPANY
Studio Manager – Mark Smith
Script Editor – Lucy Mangan
Music – John Tams
Director – Sebastian Graham Jones
Producer – Nicholas Newton