Downstarts by Elaine Morgan
4 Extra Debut. When the young George Bernard Shaw鈥檚 mother abruptly left, the loss also liberated his desire to be a writer. Stars TP McKenna.
The abrupt departure of Bessie Shaw from her family home in Dublin had a devastating effect on both husband and children.
Yet it liberated young George and offered him a route to conquer the world.
How the troubled early life of George Bernard Shaw influenced the Nobel-Prize winning writer he became.
Starring TP McKenna, Helen Ryan and Denys Hawthorne.
Written by Elaine Morgan.
George Shaw ... TP McKenna
Bessie Shaw .... Helen Ryan
George Bernard Shaw .... Denys Hawthorne
Young George ... Stephen Brennan
Lee ... Dermot Crowley
Lucy ... Marcella Riordan
Director: Adrian Mourby
First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in 1987.
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