Last days of Grace
The last days of legendary cricketer W.G.Grace
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Last Days of Grace
Nick Warburton
2008
Easter Monday 1908 sees snow on the ground as WG Grace contemplates another day in his long cricketing career. Arriving at the Oval, the ageing icon cannot bear to sit in the clubhouse to meet the usual people. Instead, he trudges out into the cold to face a different type of questioning.
WG Grace....Kenneth Cranham
GF Grace....Benedict Cumberbatch
Voice of Cricket....Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Produced by Steven Canny
Nick Warburton is a writer of great significance in audio drama. In 2007 he won the Peter Tinniswood Award for the Best New Play on Radio. He was thrilled to be a guest interviewee on Test Match Special during their 50th Anniversary celebrations.
"To his contemporaries Grace was supreme and, in words used of Aristotle, the master of those who know. For longevity, for his effect on the game, for performances with bat and ball, for his place in history, William Gilbert Grace stands alone." Sir John Major.