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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Dramatisation of Thomas De Quincey's 1821 autobiographical account of his consumption of the liquid opiate laudanum and his painful and surreal descent into addiction.

By Lavinia Murray.

Dramatisation of Thomas De Quincey's 1821 autobiographical account of his consumption of the liquid opiate laudanum, a legal painkiller of the time, and his painful and surreal descent into addiction.

Older Thomas ...... Oliver Cotton
Younger Thomas ...... James Nickerson
Brunnel/Tutor ...... Mark Chatterton
Able Big/Ong ...... Eric Potts
Betsy ...... Lisa Allen
Groaty/Wordsworth ...... David Fleeshman
Edith ...... Gemma Harvey
Ann ...... Sara Bahadori

Directed by Gary Brown.

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1 hour