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|image = Cover-swansong.jpg | |image = Cover-swansong.jpg | ||
|range = Jago & Litefoot | |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 = | |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 | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = Jago & Litefoot: Series Three | ||
|release date = | |release date = 1 June 2011 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = BFPJLCD03 | |production code = BFPJLCD03 | ||
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* 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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{{dwrefguide|jago11.htm|Swan Song}} | {{dwrefguide|jago11.htm|Swan Song}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:17, 17 November 2024
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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Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Henry Gordon Jago - Christopher Benjamin
- George Litefoot - Trevor Baxter
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Alice - Abigail Hollick
- Dan Hawkins - Hywel Morgan
- Steven - Andrew Westfield
- Payne - Philip Bretherton
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art - Alex Mallinson
- Director - Lisa Bowerman
- Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music and Sound Design - Howard Carter
- Producer - David Richardson
- Script Editor - Justin Richards
- Writer - John Dorney
- Theme Music - Jamie Robertson
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]]
- Jago, Litefoot and Leela are investigating a time break in the New Regency Theatre. (AUDIO: The Man at the End of the Garden)
- Leela recalls Jago and Litefoot telling her about Cockney rhyming slang. (AUDIO: Dead Men's Tales)
- Professor Litefoot refers to the events which brought himself and Jago together (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang) and the schemes of Madame Deuteronomy. (AUDIO: The Theatre of Dreams)
- Alice, Dan and Steven's benefactor is Elliot Payne. (AUDIO: Dead Men's Tales)
- Jago prefers to Eleanor Naismith's book coming to life. (AUDIO: The Man at the End of the Garden)
- Leela mentions that Johnny Skipton was transported from 1958 to the 1890s. (AUDIO: Dead Men's Tales)
- The Time Eaters showed Payne how to travel back in time to 2011. (AUDIO: Chronoclasm)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Swan Song page at bigfinish.com
- Swan Song at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
