Ernest Raymond We The Accused

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We the Accused By Ernest Raymond Adapted By Denis Constanduros A classic story of love and murder.   Place and time: London in the mid 1930s. Paul Pressett: Peter Jeffrey Myra Bawne: Ann Bell Mrs Pressett: Pauline Letts Annie: Olwen Griffiths Headmaster and Counsel for Defence: William Fox Briscoll: Ronald Herdman Mrs Briscoll: Hazel Coppen Dr Waterhall and Clerk of Court: Martin Friend Insp Boltro and Foreman of Jury: Antony Higginson PC: Geoffrey Larder Judge: Lewis Stringer Prison Governor: Michael Burrell A Warder: Nigel Anthony Hangman: Edward Kelsey Producer: Martin Jenkins Saturday-Night Theatre Sat 4th Dec 1971 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Ernest Raymond was not generally regarded as a crime novelist, and 'We The Accused' is not a puzzle story of the traditional kind, but a realistic novel based on the Crippen case. Paul Presset, a nondescript schoolmaster, cannot resist an open opportunity to rid himself of his overbearing, nagging wife. This powerful and haunting novel traces the dawn of motive in his mind through the murder and resulting manhunt, arrest, trial, and a final, terrible culminating scene.

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