Saturday Play - These Are the Times - Common Sense

A Life of Thomas Paine, by Trevor Griffiths. Penniless, Paine arrives in America as the struggle for independence is beginning. His ideas and his writings take him straight to the heart of events and his words are read out to Washington's army. Tom Paine ...... Jonathan Pryce Benjamin Franklin ...... Alan Howard Thomas Jefferson ...... Ken Cranham Governor Morris ...... Robert Glenister Marthe Daley ...... Kelly Hunter George Washington ...... Philip Jackson Rittenhouse ...... Jack Shepherd Sam Adams ...... Paul Jesson Joseph ...... Nick Rowe Lafayette ...... John McAndrew Mrs Downey ...... Marcella Riordan House Speaker ...... Hugh Ross Will ...... Kwayedza Kureya Lotte ...... Julia Reinstein Music by John Tams. Directed by Clive Brill.