BBC R4 - Arnold Bennett's 'The Card'
Adapted by Jennifer Howarth
Directed By Marilyn Imrie
Part 1 A Hatbox Full Of Sovereigns Broadcast August 12, 2007
Part 2 Cheering Us All Up Broadcast August 19, 2007
Coded from tape at 128/44.1

One of Bennett's several novels set in The Potteries.
This one was published in 1910. It charts the rise of
Denry Machin (The Card), who, through luck, guile, and
cheek escapes his poor background to become Mayor of
Bursley.

Bursley was based on Burslem, now part of the Stoke on
Trent Conurbation.

Cast
Councillor Cotterill - David Shaw-Parker
Arnold Bennett/Narrator - Ron Cook
Councillor Barlow - Philip Jackson
Countess of chell - Jasmine Hyde
Mr Creegan - Matthew Morgan
Mr Duncalf - Philip Jackson
Denry Machin - William Ash
Mrs Cotterill - Linda Broughton
Nellie Cotterill - Robin Weaver
Mrs Machin - Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Shillitoe - Matthew Morgan
Mr Etches - Daniel Weyman
Ruth Earp - Tilly Gaunt
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