Brian Miller Radio Plays
DR.JOHNSON INVESTIGATES
by Richard Brayshaw.
Directed by Brian Miller
originally aired as a one-off play on R4, 02 Sept 1978
re-broadcast on the CBC Mystery Project in 1997 and again in 2004 in 3 parts
Samuel Johnson...........................................Leo Mckern
James Boswell.......................................Edward De Souza
David Garrick........................................Laurence Payne
George Warburton.....................................Gavin Campbell
Thomas Blount/3rd Witch (Macbeth).......................Roy Spencer
Meg Blount/1st Witch (Macbeth)......................Vanessa Millard
Spranger Barry/2nd Murderer (Macbeth)..............Allan McClelland
Sarah Siddons..........................................Linda Janiec
Jeremy Paine/3rd Murderer (Macbeth)...................Andrew Branch
Henry Thrale/1st Murderer (Macbeth).................Phillip Manikum
Hester Thrale........................................Daphne Neville
Forbes...............................................Paul Nicholson
Binnie/2nd Witch (Macbeth)..............................Brenda Kaye
Call-boy................................................Simon Allen
Part One
Samuel Johnson and his friend James Boswell are at David Garrick's
theatre when an actor is murdered on stage.
Part Two
With a beautiful actress in danger Samuel and "Bozzie" are pushed
to greater efforts to uncover the murderer.
Part Three
Samuel Johnson discovers the crafty plot and reveals the culprit.
....information located by Greg Linden
