Mark Twain - The Million Pound Bank Note

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Stranded in London, a penniless young American becomes the subject of a £20,000 bet between two wealthy English gentlemen.

Can Henry Adams survive and prosper for a month as the bearer of a 1,000,000 pound banknote?

Tony Award-winning Bryony Lavery's rhythmic, energised dramatisation of Mark Twain's charming and surprisingly relevant classic short story, first published in 1893.

CAST:

Henry Adams - Trevor White

Miss Portia Langham

Miss Portia Langham - Verity-May Henry

Trubshaw/Bosun/Vesuvius - Conrad Nelson

Basil/Mr Raymond/Major-domo - Jonathan Keeble

Abel/Concierge - Malcolm Raeburn

Mrs Harris - Kathryn Hunt

Tod/Bellboy - Stephen Hoyle

Lloyd Hastings/American Ambassador - John Guerrasio

Producers: Pauline Harris and Sharon Sephton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011

Can a man given a \u00a31m banknote survive a month without spending a single penny of it?

PRODUCER: Pauline Harris
PRODUCER: Sharon Sephton
Abel - Malcolm Raeburn
Adaptor - Bryony Lavery
American Ambassador - John Guerrasio
Author - Mark Twain
Basil - Jonathan Keeble
Bellboy - Stephen Hoyle
Bosun - Conrad Nelson
Concierge - Malcolm Raeburn
Henry Adams - Trevor White
Lloyd Hastings - John Guerrasio
Majordomo - Jonathan Keeble
Miss Portia Langham - Verity-may Henry
Mr Raymond - Jonathan Keeble
Mrs Harris - Kathryn Hunt
Tod - Stephen Hoyle
Trubshaw - Conrad Nelson
Vesuvius - Conrad Nelson

Duration

60 minutes

Genre

Comedy
Drama
Classic And Period

Station

Radio 4

Episodes

First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
20111231	20180213 (BBC7) 20180214 (BBC7) 20210207 (BBC7) 20210208 (BBC7)

Episodes

First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
20111231	20180213 (BBC7) 20180214 (BBC7) 20210207 (BBC7) 20210208 (BBC7)