Gary Bleasdale Eight Frames A Second
Afternoon Play: Eight Frames a Second Wed 11th Oct 2006, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Gary Bleasdale A vivid biographical play focusing on a pivotal week in the life of William Friese-Greene, Britain's claim for the inventor of moving pictures. Producer Steven Canny William Friese-Greene: Nick Sidl Helena: Juliet Aubrey James: Mark Straker Le Prince: Olivier Breulls Ethel: Sophie Bleasdale Vass: Desmond McNamara Vendor/Mr Bains: Joseph Kloska Knipe/Mr Guest: Gerard McDermott Comedian/Mr Humphries/Judge: Sam Dale Miss Scott: Bethan Walker Auctioneer/Prison Officer Paul: Richard Biggin t’s a strange fact, but British inventor William Friese-Greene is as well-known among serious film buffs for not having invented cinema as he is for inventing it. Now, on the centenary of his sudden death at 65, mid-flow at a meeting of film distributors, admirers of this controversial pioneer from Bristol are at the centre of a new drive to establish his international legacy once again
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