麻豆约拍

"For the employer it's a steady progress towards ease an' leisure an' independence. For the worker it's a grim journey fraught with poverty, illness and insecurity."

Edwardian England: work is proving harder to find, political tensions rise, and Frank鈥檚 health deteriorates.

Starring Brian Glover, Sean Barrett and Mark Straker.

Robert Tressell's novel, first published in 1914.

Dramatised by Gregory Evans.

Robert Tressell .... Sean Barrett
Bob Crass .... Brian Glover
Hunter .... Bryan Pringle
Frank Owen .... Mark Straker
Adam Sweater .... Peter Vaughan
Sawkins .... Michael Graham Cox
Joe Philpot .... Norman Jones
Fred Harlow .... Robin Summers
Will Easton .... Donald Gee
Mrs Dupe .... Eva Stuart
Ruth Easton .... Kate Lock
Nora Owen .... Joan Walker
Mary Linden .... Alice Arnold
Frankie Owen .... Andrew Mulquin
Bundy .... Richard Tate
Speaker .... Philip Sully
Amos Grinder .... Geoffrey Matthews
Bert White .... Richard Pearce
Driver .... Christopher Good
Landlord .... John Bull
George Rushton .... Denis Lill

Director: Michael Bakewell

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in May 1989.