Afternoon Play

Series of plays looking at how Charles Dickens, as the head of a daily paper, would have tackled bringing the news to the masses. By Mike Walker. Dickens and his team find themselves in the midst of spies, intrigue and dark goings-on at the Russian Embassy, culminating in a heroic balloon chase across the London skyline. Charles Dickens ...... Dan Stevens Agnes Paxton ...... Eleanor Howell Daniel Parker ...... Andrew Buchan Nadia Durova ...... Rachel Atkins Alex Burns ...... Dan Starkey Joseph Paxton ...... John Dougall Bishop ...... John Rowe Ivan Vitkovich ...... Chris Pavlo Directed by Tracey Neale.