Abel’s Law (Abelův zákon, 2005)
Hugh Costello. Rozhlasová hra. Režie Jeremy Howe.
Osoby a obsazení: smírčí soudce (James Laurenson), Abel Ryder (Mark Meadows), Sophia Ryderová (Kate Byers), Adelaide Ryderová (Femke Witney), Daniel Burnham z listu The Times (David Leonard), dr. Howard (Carl Prekopp), Margery Smithsonová (Hayley Doherty), Delane, editor The Times (David Collins), občané Bicesteru (Kim Hicks, Chris Garner a Amy Clifton).
Natočeno 2005. Premiéra 2. 1. 2006 (BBC Radio 4).
Pozn.: Following a series of deadly smallpox epidemics in the 19th century, the British Government introduced mandatory vaccination for infants under six months. It was only partly successful: in 1871, a smallpox epidemic killed 40,000 people. Moreover, vaccination carried its own agonising risks – not all babies were strong enough to survive the shock to their immune systems. Then in 1874 Bicester, Oxfordshire, Abel Ryder, shopkeeper and pillar of the community, was imprisoned because he refused to submit his newborn son Edward to a compulsory smallpox vaccination. Already two of his sons had died following vaccination, and he decided to take a stand. Abel’s Law dramatises the story of his stand, his defiance of the law, the court case and the moral dilemna. (anotace)
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