Saturday-Night Theatre: Navyman God
Sat 19th Jan 1985, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
By Christopher Russell
A play based on the true story of the British Naval Africa Expedition of 1915, which trekked 3,000 miles from South Africa to Lake Tanganyika, carrying two gunboats, in order to overcome German domination of the lake. With Barry Foster as Commander Spicer-Simson, the eccentric leader of the expedition, who became known as 'Navyman God'.
Drums played by: Don Lawson and Allan Ganley
Director: Glyn Dearman
Commander Spicer-Simson: Barry Foster
Hanschell: Graham Blockey
Admiral Jackson: John Forbes-Robertson
Admiral Gamble: William Eedle
John Lee: Bernard Brown
Wainwright: Sean Barrett
Eastwood: Brian Smith
Cross: Colin Starkey
Dudley: Trevor Nichols
Waterhouse: John Webb
Tait:Jamie Roberts
Goor: Robin Summers
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