The Great War

Artistic passions simmer between Lytton Strychnine, Virginia Woof and Vita Sockville-Pest.

Ivan Shakespeare's four-part comedy series based on the life and times of the Bloomsbury Group.

Lytton Strychnine .... Toby Longworth
Mrs Virginia Woof .... Sally Grace
Mrs Vita Sockville-Pest .... Joanna Brookes
Johnny Maynard Coins .... Nicholas Hardy
Mr Clive Pill .... Matthew Bell
Mrs Vanessa Pill .... Sarah Parkinson
Hans Schwartzmeister .... Jonathan Aris
Scout, The Operator, The Postman, The Butler, The Newsboy, Gallery Factotum and Lieutenant Dillimore .... Chris Emmett

Producer: Liz Anstee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.