The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper

Written by James Fenimore Cooper and dramatised for radio by DJ Britton, The Spy is often regarded as the world's first espionage novel.

 

In creating Harvey Birch (played by Burn Gorman), a double agent during the American War of Independence, Cooper began the tradition of spy-as-hero, leading to the great genre novels of the late 19th and 20th centuries.

 

New York State, 1778. Henry Wharton, a young soldier for the British in the American War of Independence, creeps into no-man's land to spend an evening with his family. But the happy reunion is cut short when American troops surround the house. Can the mysterious peddler Harvey Birch, who lives nearby, really provide Henry with a means of escape?

Cast:

Harvey Birch .........Burn Gorman

Frances .........Rose Leslie

Henry .........Alex Waldmann

Mr Wharton .........James Lailey

Sarah .........Francine Chamberlain

Mr Harper .........Timothy Watson

Caesar .........Richard Pepple

Peyton .........Simon Bubb

Capt Lawton .........Gerard McDermott

Col Wellmere .........Adam Billington

Isabella .........Victoria Inez Hardy

 

Produced and Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko

 

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