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|range          = Jago & Litefoot
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|enemy          = [[New Regency Theatre]]
|enemy          = [[New Regency Theatre]]
|setting        = [[London]], [[1890s]] and [[2011]]
|setting        = [[London]], [[1890s]] and [[2011]]
|writer          = [[John Dorney]]
|writer          = John Dorney
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|director        = [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music          = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
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|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|cover          = [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[June (releases)|June]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|audio anthology = Jago & Litefoot: Series Three
|format          = 1 CD
|release date    = 1 June 2011
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories
|production code = BFPJLCD03
|production code = BFPJLCD03
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-561-7
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-84435-561-7 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-641-3 (digital)
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'''''Swan Song''''' was the eleventh [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama in the ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]'' series and the third episode of series 3.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the audio anthology ''[[Jago & Litefoot: Series Three]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[John Dorney]] and featured [[Christopher Benjamin]] as [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[Trevor Baxter]] as [[George Litefoot]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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* [[Elliot Payne|Payne]] - [[Philip Bretherton]]
* [[Elliot Payne|Payne]] - [[Philip Bretherton]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Alex Mallinson]]
* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* Executive Producers - [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Justin Richards]]
* Writer - [[John Dorney]]
* Theme Music - [[Jamie Robertson]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Leela states that [[ghost]]s are a primitive belief.
* Leela states that [[ghost]]s are a primitive belief.
* There were numerous productions of ''[[Hamlet]]'' at the New Regency Theatre, including one starring [[Sarah Bernhardt]].
* There were numerous productions of ''[[Hamlet]]'' at the New Regency Theatre, including one starring [[Sarah Bernhardt]].
* At 11:39am on [[22 May]] [[1988]], the eight-year-old Alice was paralysed from the waist down when a [[Range Rover]] crashed into her parents' car. Her parents were killed in the accident.
* At 11:39am on [[22 May]] [[1988]], the eight-year-old Alice was paralysed from the waist down when a [[Range Rover]] crashed into her parents' car. Her parents were killed in the accident, as was the driver of the Range Rover.
* The New Regency Theatre was destroyed in [[the Blitz]] at 8:47 p.m. on [[12 October]] [[1940]], by which time Jago was long dead.
* The New Regency Theatre was destroyed in [[the Blitz]] at 8:47 p.m. on [[12 October]] [[1940]], by which time Jago was long dead.


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Bigfinish|releases/v/jago-litefoot-series-three-box-set-555|Swan Song - Series Three Box Set}}
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[[Category:Jago & Litefoot: Series Three audio stories]]
[[Category:Jago & Litefoot: Series Three audio stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 1890s]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 1890s]]
[[Category:Stories set in 2011]]
[[Category:Stories set in 2011]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1988]]
[[Category:One part audio stories]]
[[Category:2011 audio stories]]

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Swan Song was the third story in the audio anthology Jago & Litefoot: Series Three, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and featured Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago and Trevor Baxter as George Litefoot.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The New Regency Theatre is haunted and Jago, Litefoot and Leela witness the spirit of someone in a silver wheelchair floating over the stalls. This is the story of Alice — a young woman who had Swan Lake so cruelly taken from her...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Leela states that ghosts are a primitive belief.
  • There were numerous productions of Hamlet at the New Regency Theatre, including one starring Sarah Bernhardt.
  • At 11:39am on 22 May 1988, the eight-year-old Alice was paralysed from the waist down when a Range Rover crashed into her parents' car. Her parents were killed in the accident, as was the driver of the Range Rover.
  • The New Regency Theatre was destroyed in the Blitz at 8:47 p.m. on 12 October 1940, by which time Jago was long dead.

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first Jago & Litefoot audio drama in which Ellie Higson (Lisa Bowerman) does not appear as well as the only one to feature scenes based in the present day.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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