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The Achurch Letters

1889: young Bernard Shaw falls under the spell of actress Janet Achurch. An important and highly charged relationship develops.

Top Cast

  • Siân Phillips

    Siân Phillips

    Janet Achurch

  • Prunella Scales

    Prunella Scales

    Florence Farr

  • Brian McGrath

    Brian McGrath

    Bernard Shaw

  • Gary Watson

    Gary Watson

    Charles Charrington

  • Pauline Delaney

    Pauline Delaney

    Jenny Patterson

  • Margaret Anderson

    Margaret Anderson

    Charlotte Payne-Townshend

  • Vernon Dobtcheff

    Vernon Dobtcheff

    Eugene

  • Roger Bizley

    Roger Bizley

    Waring Torvald

  • Maggie Wilkinson

    Maggie Wilkinson

    Blanche

Overview

1889: young Bernard Shaw falls under the spell of actress Janet Achurch. An important and highly charged relationship develops.

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