Daphne Du Maurier - Jamaica Inn
BBC Radio 4
After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan travels to Jamaica Inn on the wild British moors to live with her Aunt Patience. The
coachman warns her of the strange happenings there, but Mary is committed to remain at Jamaica Inn. Suddenly, her life is in the
hands of strangers: her uncle, Joss Merlyn, whose crude ways repel her; Aunt Patience, who seems mentally unstable and
perpetually frightened; and the enigmatic Francis Davey. But most importantly, Mary meets Jem Merlyn, Joss's younger brother,
whose kisses make her heart race. Caught up in the danger at this inn of evil repute, Mary must survive murder, mystery, storms, and
smugglers before she can build a life with Jem.
Dramatised for radio in four parts by Michael Bakewell from Daphne Du Maurier's 1936 novel, "Jamaica Inn".
Directed by Enyd Williams
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4) Part 4 of 4 (Saturday 14th December 1991 @ 7:50 p.m.)
Mary's uncle, Joss Merlyn, had forced her to watch his gang of drunken wreckers take a ship on Christmas Eve. But this time he had
set the whole country in a rage and had angered the mysterious master who gave him his orders. He was planning to escape justice
by fleeing into Devon but Mary was determined to prevent him. She slipped away from the house to warn Reverend Francis Davey at
Altarnun, but he was away from home so she set off across the moor again in search of the magistrate, Squire Bassat.
With Susannah Corbett [Mary Yellan], James Laurenson [Frances Davey, the vicar of Altarnun], Mark Straker [Jem Merlyn], Vincent
Brimble [Squire Bassat], Anne Jameson [Mrs. Bassat], John Hartley [Harry the Pedlar], Sean Arnold [Richards], Katherine Parr
[Hanna, Davey's Housekeeper], Eric Allan [Scobell, the Bassat's Servant], Robert Portal [The Blacksmith], and Matthew Sim [The
Militia Man].
3) Part 3 of 4 (Saturday 7th December 1991 @ 7:50 p.m.)
Mary had come to Jamaica Inn after the death of her mother to live with her Aunt Patience and her husband, Joss Merlyn. She soon
discovered that her husband was a wrecker and a murderer and that his brother Jem was a common horse thief. But she had gone
with Jem to the Christmas Eve Fair at last and for all that he was going to drive them back in his cart but he never returned. She was
told that he had been taken for stealing. Ther was nothing for it but to take the long, lonely road back to Jamaica Inn. After losing her,
Mary is found by the vicar Mr. Davey, and she confides her suspicions to him.
With Susannah Corbett [Mary Yellan], John Woodvine [Joss Merlyn], Auriol Smith [Aunt Patience], Mark Straker [Jem Merlyn], James
Laurenson [Frances Davey, the vicar of Altarnun], John Harkley [Harry, the Peddler], Katherine Parr [Hanna, Davey's Housekeeper],
Eric Allan [Scobell, the Bassat's Servant], Brett Usher [The Coachman], and Peter Gunn, Matthew Sim, and Robert Portal [The
Wreckers].
2) Part 2 of 4 (Saturday 30th November 1991 @ 7:50 p.m.)
Mary had come to Jamaica Inn after the death of her mother to live with her Aunt Patience and her husband, Joss Merlyn. She soon
discovered that the inn was the center of a smuggling ring and that her uncle was its leader.
With Susannah Corbett [Mary Yellan], John Woodvine [Joss Merlyn], Auriol Smith [Aunt Patience], Mark Straker [Jem Merlyn], James
Laurenson [Frances Davey, the vicar of Altarnun], Vincent Brimble [Squire Bassat], Anne Jameson [Mrs. Bassat], Sean Arnold
[Richards], Andrew Wincott [James], Emma Fielding [The boy], Joanna Myers [The Fortune Teller], Eric Allan [The Stable Keeper],
Alan Barker and Peter Gunn [The Horse Dealers].
1) Part 1 of 4 (Saturday 23rd November 1991 @ 7:50 p.m.)
Cornwall, 1810. Mary Yellan is heading across the moor to stay with her Uncle Joss and her Aunt Patience. But little does she know
what terrors await her inside the dark stone walls of Jamaica Inn.
With Susannah Corbett [Mary Yellan], John Woodvine [Joss Merlyn], Auriol Smith [Aunt Patience], Mark Straker [Jem Merlyn], John
Hartley [Harry the Pedlar], Joanna Wake [Mrs Yellan], Eric Allan [The Doctor], Robert Portal [The Lawyer Clerk], Alan Barker [The
Idiot], John Church, Ann Windsor, and Ronald Herdman [The Coachdriver and his Passengers].
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Mary's uncle, Joss Merlyn, had forced her to watch his gang of drunken wreckers take a ship on Christmas Eve. But this time he had
set the whole country in a rage and had angered the mysterious master who gave him his orders. He was planning to escape justice
by fleeing into Devon but Mary was determined to prevent him. She slipped away from the house to warn Reverend Francis Davey at
Altarnun, but he was away from home so she set off across the moor again in search of the magistrate, Squire Bassat.
With Susannah Corbett [Mary Yellan], James Laurenson [Frances Davey, the vicar of Altarnun], Mark Straker [Jem Merlyn], Vincent
Brimble [Squire Bassat], Anne Jameson [Mrs. Bassat], John Hartley [Harry the Pedlar], Sean Arnold [Richards], Katherine Parr
[Hanna, Davey's Housekeeper], Eric Allan [Scobell, the Bassat's Servant], Robert Portal [The Blacksmith], and Matthew Sim [The
Militia Man].
Other parts were played by members of the cast.
Mary had come to Jamaica Inn after the death of her mother to live with her Aunt Patience and her husband, Joss Merlyn. She soon
discovered that her husband was a wrecker and a murderer and that his brother Jem was a common horse thief. But she had gone
with Jem to the Christmas Eve Fair at last and for all that he was going to drive them back in his cart but he never returned. She was
told that he had been taken for stealing. Ther was nothing for it but to take the long, lonely road back to Jamaica Inn. After losing her,
Mary is found by the vicar Mr. Davey, and she confides her suspicions to him.
With Susannah Corbett [Mary Yellan], John Woodvine [Joss Merlyn], Auriol Smith [Aunt Patience], Mark Straker [Jem Merlyn], James
Laurenson [Frances Davey, the vicar of Altarnun], John Harkley [Harry, the Peddler], Katherine Parr [Hanna, Davey's Housekeeper],
Eric Allan [Scobell, the Bassat's Servant], Brett Usher [The Coachman], and Peter Gunn, Matthew Sim, and Robert Portal [The
Wreckers].
Other parts were played by members of the cast.
Mary had come to Jamaica Inn after the death of her mother to live with her Aunt Patience and her husband, Joss Merlyn. She soon
discovered that the inn was the center of a smuggling ring and that her uncle was its leader.
With Susannah Corbett [Mary Yellan], John Woodvine [Joss Merlyn], Auriol Smith [Aunt Patience], Mark Straker [Jem Merlyn], James
Laurenson [Frances Davey, the vicar of Altarnun], Vincent Brimble [Squire Bassat], Anne Jameson [Mrs. Bassat], Sean Arnold
[Richards], Andrew Wincott [James], Emma Fielding [The boy], Joanna Myers [The Fortune Teller], Eric Allan [The Stable Keeper],
Alan Barker and Peter Gunn [The Horse Dealers].
Other parts were played by members of the cast.
Cornwall, 1810. Mary Yellan is heading across the moor to stay with her Uncle Joss and her Aunt Patience. But little does she know
what terrors await her inside the dark stone walls of Jamaica Inn.
With Susannah Corbett [Mary Yellan], John Woodvine [Joss Merlyn], Auriol Smith [Aunt Patience], Mark Straker [Jem Merlyn], John
Hartley [Harry the Pedlar], Joanna Wake [Mrs Yellan], Eric Allan [The Doctor], Robert Portal [The Lawyer Clerk], Alan Barker [The
Idiot], John Church, Ann Windsor, and Ronald Herdman [The Coachdriver and his Passengers].
Other parts were played by members of the cast.