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Saturday Play - Mountain of Light by Simon Bovey
London, 1851. The worlds's largest diamond is on show at the Great Exhibition.
And John Rayverne must find a way to steal it to save the people he loves.
John.......Carl Prekopp
Emily.......Lizzy Watts
Hawkesworth....Ben Crowe
Rilke.......Harry Myers
Hobbs....Sam Dale
Galloway......Michael Shelford
Cobbet.....David Seddon
Wyatt.....Nigel Hastings
Directed by Marc Beeby
1851: London buzzes with the wonders at The Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. To
John Rayverne, housebreaker par excellence, it's harvest time as fine houses
stand empty while the occupants attend the spectacle. But his activities have
come to the notice of a Governor of the Bank of England, George Galloway.
Galloway has Rayverne abducted In return for not to hand him over to the police
- and in order to protect the people he cares about - Rayverne is forced to
agree to the impossible. He must steal one of the Exhibition's most famous
exhibits: the world's largest diamond, the Koh-i-Noor. Galloway professes
idealistic reasons for the theft: he fears cutting the diamond to fit the
centrepiece in the Queen's crown (where it has its place today) will degrade
the priceless original. But the theft appears impossible. By day the gem is
sealed in an iron cage, at night it sinks into a vault. Rayverne, hounded by
the police, spends much time among the mechanical wonders of the Exhibition
looking for the necessary technical inspiration to carry out the theft. But has
he bitten off more than even he can chew?
Simon Bovey's impeccably researched work for Radio 4 has been extremely
successful. His plays include 'Red in Tooth and Claw', ' The Iceman' - 'a
murkily atmospheric Victorian thriller that keeps the shivers coming' (Daily
Mail) and the very well received Sargasso. Simon is also a film maker. His most
recent production The Un-gone has been optioned by Miramax.
Broadcast on: BBC Radio 4, 2:30pm Saturday 19th June 2010
Duration: 60 minutes
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