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Craig Stephens - The Balloonists

4 Extra Debut. Henry's risky balloon flight will make fine melodrama, but can it save George's theatre? Victorian comedy with Patrick Driver. From July 2006.

A once infamous Victorian balloonist, Henry Coxwell convinces beleaguered theatre impresario George Hansum to stage a daring and spectacular balloon flight.

His risky flight will make a fine melodrama, but can it save George's theatre from closure?

Craig Stephens's boisterous comedy stars Patrick Driver as Henry Coxwell, Sam Dale as James Glaisher, Kim Wall as George Hansum, Alex Kelly as Clara Fry, Alex Jones as Charles Fry and Greg Hobbs as Roger Barrington.

Original music by Derek Nisbet.

Director: Kate Chapman

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 2000.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 29 Jan 2018 04:00
大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Jan 2018 16:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 29 Jan 2018 04:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra