Saturday Play - The White Man's Burden

A radio adaptation of Paul Theroux's stage play about the young Rudyard Kipling's humiliating final months as an American resident. The great English writer plans to settle in Vermont with his American wife, but a clash with his brother-in-law results in death threats, a court case and public scandal. Will Kipling manage to keep his head when all about are losing theirs? Rudyard Kipling ..... Nicholas Boulton Carrie Kipling ..... Teresa Gallagher Beatty Balestier ..... Nathan Osgood Mary Hackett ..... Sasha Pick Howard/ Hitt ..... David Rintoul Conland/ Judge Newton ..... Peter Marinker Fitts ..... John Guerrasio Written by Paul Theroux Adapted and directed by Emma Harding.