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Drama reconstructing the events of a strike by the schoolchildren of a Norfolk school in 1914, who refused to accept the dismissal of their teachers, Tom and Annie Higdon, who were both socialists.
26 Cast Members
Eileen Atkins
Kitty Higdon
Bernard Hill
Tom Higdon
John Shrapnel
Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
Thelma Whiteley
Mrs Eland
Nicola Cowper
Violet Potter
Geoffrey Chater
Magistrate
John Abineri
Farmer Fowler
Henry Moxon
Frederick Starr
Peter Benson
Peggram
Robert Duncan
Casey
Maggie Riley
Mrs Philpot
Jon Laurimore
George Durbidge
Norman Jones
Walter Garnham
John Gleeson
John Potter
Peter Whitbread
Noah Sandy
Alan Mason
John Aldrich
Linda Roberts
Thirza Moore
Peter Tuddenham
Clerk of Courts
Norman Fisher
Labourer
Alexandra Boyd
Marjory Ling
