The Golden Key
Chris Dolan鈥檚 play explores the early days of the Home Rule movement in Scotland through the eyes of three of the 20th century鈥檚 most compelling political figures.
Chris Dolan鈥檚 play explores the early days of the Home Rule movement in Scotland through the eyes of three of the 20th century鈥檚 most compelling political figures 鈥� Keir Hardie, James Connolly and R.B. Cunninghame Graham. On May 12, 1916, Cunninghame Graham smokes a cigarette - as he鈥檚 done every year for a decade - at his wife鈥檚 grave. He has just heard the news of Connolly鈥檚 imminent execution by the British Government for his role in the Easter Rising in Dublin. Graham casts his mind back to a meeting with Hardie and Connolly almost 30 years earlier when the Scottish Labour Party was first stirring into life.
R.B. Cunninghame Graham鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹��.鈥�..David Robb
Keir Hardie鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹��.Robert Jack
Gabriella Cunnninghame Graham鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�elody Grove
James Connolly鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�artin Quinn
Producer/director: Bruce Young
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- Wed 15 Feb 2023 14:15麻豆社 Radio 4
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