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His Wedded Wife

Episode 1 of 8

India, 1885. A new subaltern in a high-caste regiment is the butt of a captain's jokes, but the worm turns. With Richard Pearce.

India, 1885: When a young subaltern joins a high-caste regiment he becomes the butt of a captain's jokes.

Until finally the worm turns...

The first of eight plays based on short stories written by Rudyard Kipling

Dramatised by Ed Thomason.

Henry... Richard Pearce
Watson... Michael Troughton
Reynolds... Lyndham Gregory
Colonel Humphrey... Barry J Gordon
The Padre... Richard Bates
Emily... Elaine Claxton
Bess... Vlvienne Rochester
Mulvaney... Jack Klaff
Ortheris... Terry John

Other parts played by Tom Bevan and Amerjit Deu.

Producer: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 22 Mar 202201:30
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