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The White Man's Burden

Duration:
58 minutes
First broadcast:
Friday 10 August 2012

A radio adaptation of Paul Theroux's stage play about the young Rudyard Kipling's humiliating final months as an American resident. The great English writer plans to settle in Vermont with his American wife, but a clash with his brother-in-law results in death threats, a court case and public scandal. Will Kipling manage to keep his head when all about are losing theirs?

Written by Paul Theroux
Adapted and directed by Emma Harding.

Credits

Rudyard Kipling
Nicholas Boulton
Carrie Kipling
Teresa Gallagher
Beatty Balestier
Nathan Osgood
Mary Hackett
Sasha Pick
Howard/ Hitt
David Rintoul
Conland/ Judge Newton
Peter Marinker
Fitts
John Guerrasio
Director
Emma Harding
Writer
Paul Theroux

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