Scribblers

by Steve Waters

Dramatising the shadowy relationship between the state and the stage in the 1730s, 'Scribblers' focuses on the relationship between young playwright Henry Fielding and the First Minister Robert Walpole. Tracking back and forth between high politics and the emergence of a fringe theatre of real dissent, it explores the premature birth of political theatre through the mad-cap work of Fielding before it was strangled by the Licensing Act of 1737.

Genres: Historical Fiction

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First published July 5, 2015

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[Bettie · Rating 3 out of 5]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060zkjq

Description: Dramatising the shadowy relationship between the state and the stage in the 1730s, 'Scribblers' focuses on the relationship between young playwright Henry Fielding and the First Minister Robert Walpole. Tracking back and forth between high politics and the emergence of a fringe theatre of real dissent, it explores the premature birth of political theatre through the mad-cap work of Fielding before it was strangled by the Licensing Act of 1737.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ..... Niamh Cusack
Robert Walpole ..... David Troughton
Henry Fielding ..... Carl Prekopp
James Ralph/Lord Hervey ..... Trevor White
Nicholas Paxton/Henry Giffard ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer
Molly Skerrett ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Charlotte Charke ..... Laura Elphinstone

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

From BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3:
Dramatising the shadowy relationship between the state and the stage in the 1730s, 'Scribblers' focuses on the relationship between young playwright Henry Fielding and the First Minister Robert Walpole. Tracking back and forth between high politics and the emergence of a fringe theatre of real dissent, it explores the premature birth of political theatre through the mad-cap work of Fielding before it was strangled by the Licensing Act of 1737.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ..... Niamh Cusack
Robert Walpole ..... David Troughton
Henry Fielding ..... Carl Prekopp
James Ralph/Lord Hervey ..... Trevor White
Nicholas Paxton/Henry Giffard ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer
Molly Skerrett ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Charlotte Charke ..... Laura Elphinstone

Writen by Steve Waters
Directed and produced by Jeremy Mortimer.