New - Rumpole of the Bailey

[Riklaa]

There is scant information on these, only that they are brand new.

[Jim Robarts]

Thank  you for the programs.  a new Rumpold is always welcome.

[Riklaa]

I thought that exact same thing when i found it.  ---------------------------  Rick

[Robert Flood]

Rick and Bob

Thanks so much for these wonderful offerings.  My wife, Amy, the real one that must be obeyed, will love to hear these when we celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary this year (2012) while on our staycation here.

[Riklaa]

Bob, You are a gentleman and a scholar. I was hoping that some nice person out there would realize how much I hate to post without a suitable Introduction to the Material. I thank you sir. ---------------------------------------------- Rick

[Anson (Bob) Roberts]

Rumpole and the Family Pride
John Mortimer (dramatised by Richard Stoneman)

We rejoin Rumpole and Hilda in the late 1950s, when they have been married for a year or two. Rumpole mingles with a branch of Yorkshire aristocracy remotely connected to Hilda's family when he represents a Lord in the Coroner's Court.

Hilda's first cousin (once removed), Rosemary, lives with her husband, Richard, the 17th Baron Sackbut, in Sackbut Castle and Hilda and Rumpole are invited to Yorkshire when a body is found in the grounds of the castle.

Older Rumpole/Mr Cursitor ..... Timothy West
Young Rumpole ..... Benedict Cumberbatch
Hilda ..... Cathy Sara
Liz Probert/Helen Yarrowby ..... Elaine Claxton
Lord Richard Sackbut ..... Julian Wadham
Rosemary Sackbut/Pippa Bastion ..... Sophie Thompson
Jonathan Sackbut/Young Man ..... Joshua McGuire
"Plunger" Plumstead/Tarquin Yarrowby/Mr Saggers ..... Stephen Critchlow
Mrs Percier ..... Susan Wooldridge
Dr Malkin/Castle Guide/Policeman ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Dr Swabey/Gavin Bastion ..... Adrian Scarborough

Music: The sax quartet version of Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away From Me" was arranged by Julie Hodge and performed by "Sax" who are Luiza Beddoes, Kate Mylnar, Janine Ng and Julie Hodge.

Directed by Marilyn Imrie
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Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle
John Mortimer (sramatised by Richard Stoneman)

When Rumpole and Hilda attend a concert performed by The Casterini Trio, Rumpole is surprised to be approached by Elizabeth Casterini - the trio's beautiful violinist. Rumpole falls for her charms. But then, the Trio's cellist, Tom Randall is murdered.

Elizabeth's husband Desmond was supposedly suspicious of Randall's feelings for Elizabeth. And, since he owned the gun that was found by the body, Desmond is arrested. Flattered by Elizabeth's seductive pleas, Rumpole agrees to defend Desmond at the Old Bailey. But there, Rumpole's admiration for Elizabeth rapidly begins to wane.

Older Rumpole ..... Timothy West
Young Rumpole ..... Benedict Cumberbatch
Hilda/Dorothy Clapton ..... Cathy Sara
Elizabeth Casterini ..... Faye Castelow
Desmond Casterini/Henry ..... Adrian Scarborough
Bonny Bernard/Peter Matheson ..... Matthew Morgan
Claude Erskine-Brown/DS Straw ..... Nigel Anthony
Sam Ballard ..... Michael Cochrane
Oliver Oliphant/Barman ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Christopher Peek/Waiter/Usher/Alfred ..... Stephen Critchlow

Directed by Marilyn Imrie.