Friday Play - An Unhappy Countess

Documentary film maker Paul Watson's play is based on the story of Mary Eleanor Bowes, a sensual young woman who inherited a legacy of 600,000 pounds, a huge sum in 1786. Every adventurer in the land was seeking a slice of her good fortune, and she was to discover that nobody could be trusted. Lady Strathmore ...... Susannah Harker Stoney Bowes ...... John Lynch Paddy's Progress ...... Robert Glenister Walker ...... Russell Floyd Gray ...... Nicholas Farrell Mary Morgan ...... Joanne Froggatt Mingay/Bate ...... Ian McNeice Dorothey/Landlady ...... Sara Markland Battie/Erskine ...... Ian Masters Judge/Peacock ...... Keith Drinkel Constable Smith/Vicar ...... Andrew Branch Lucas/Witness Hull ...... Sam Dale Witness Foot/Landlord ...... Ian Shaw Servant ...... Tom Watson.