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The Fortune Of WarWritten by Patrick O’Brian
Read by Michael Troughton, Nigel Anthony, Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 160 Kbps
Dramatization
September 1800, Rosia Bay, Gibraltar. Newly commissioned, Jack Aubrey nervously awaits the verdict in his Court Martial for the loss of his ship, the Sophie.
Dramatisation of Patrick O’Brian’s popular Napoleonic seafaring adventure.
Dramatised in six parts by Roger Danes.
Jack Aubrey …. Michael Troughton
Stephen Maturin …. Nigel Anthony
Molly Harte …. Frances Jeater
Harte …. Lloyd Johnson
Queeney …. Margaret John
Lord Keith …. Gavin Muir
David Richards …. Richard Pearce
Makepeace …. Derek Waring
Mercedes …. Kristin Milward
Watt …. Russell Floyd
Young Ricketts …. Tom Bevan
Williams …. Derek Waring
Babbington …. Danny Kanaber
Dorothea …. Nina Wadia
Mowett …. Dominic Letts
James Dillon …. Charlie Simpson
Marshall …. Neville Jason
Ricketts …. Peter Whitman
Fitzgerald …. David Jarvis
Wilkinson …. Don McCorkindale
Master Henry Ellis …. Nic Knight
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Director: Adrian Bean.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.
My recordings from BBC Sounds. 168kbps VBR