Falling Heads
by Colin Haydn Evans
Broadcast 25 March 1995, Saturday Night Theatre
In 1918, Noel Pemberton Billing MP published a review of Maud Allan's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "Salome" accusing the leading actress of treason. The resulting libel trial, which allowed Billing to air his views that hundreds of high officials were being blackmailed by Germany, was a magnet for the press and a concern for Lloyd George's government as it sought to rally support for the war.
Cast:
Ronald Pickup ..............Noel Pemberton Billing
Leslie Phillips ............Lord Justice Darling
Celia Imrie ................Maud Allan
George Rodway ..............Lloyd George
Robert Whelan ..............Jack (J.T.Grein)
Susan Jeffrey ..............Eileen
Simon Carter ...............Casson
John Rowe ..................Ransome
Graham Padden ..............Repington
Geoffrey Whitehead .........General
Andy Readman ...............Savage
Robert Daws ................Spencer
Produced by Chris Wallis.
160/44; 98.4 MB; sound quality very good
There is a slight glitch at about 122:14.
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Thank you - a part of British history of which i know nothing!