Episode details
Radio 4 Extra,08 Oct 1987,60 mins
Downstarts by Elaine Morgan
Available for 29 days
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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 1987.
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