Shelagh Stephenson Darling Peidi
SANWAL
Saturday-Night Theatre Sat 20th Feb 1993, 19:50 on BBC Radio 4 FM Darling Peidi by Shelagh Stepenson. The true story of Edith Thompson, who, with Freddy Bywaters, was charged with the murder of her husband Percy in October 1922. Producer Jeremy Mortimer Edith Thompson: Rachel Joyce Freddy Bywaters: Charles Simpson Percy Thompson: Peter Wight Avis Groydon: Theresa Streatfeild Mr Graydon: Norman Bird Mrs Graydon: Gudrun Ure Rose/Wardress: Siriol Jenkins Elsie/Wardress: Joanna Myers Mr Stern: David Learner Henry Curtis-Bennett: Mark Lambert Tlwmas Inskip: Brett Usher Mr Justice Shearman: Jonathan Adams ClerklChaplain: Nicholas Murchie Foreman/Officer: Peter Gunn Prison Governor: Keith Drinkel
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
Chapters
| Darling Peidi | 1:28:00 |
Reviews
Beautifully done Radio episode. Sobbing by end of it
Canute and the tide
Based on the Bywaters/Thompson murder case. Told mainly through Thompsons love letters to Bywaters (Thompson burned the letters Bywaters wrote to her) It is a very clever moving drama on this case. A abusive marriage, younger lover and a judgemental society led to a tragic miscarriage of justice.