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Confessions Of An English Opium-Eater

By: Thomas De Quincey (Dramatised by Lavina Murray)
Narrated by: Full Cast, James Nickerson, Oliver Cotton
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 A full-cast dramatisation of Thomas De Quincey's 1821 autobiographical account of his consumption of the liquid opiate laudanum, a legal painkiller of the time, and his painful and surreal descent into addiction. Starring Oliver Cotton as the older Thomas and James Nickerson as the younger Thomas. Written by Lavinia Murray. Directed by Gary Brown. Biographical Fiction Genre Fiction

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This is a wonderful adaptation of DeQuincey’s confessional work which conveys perfectly the confused and sporadic mind of an opium eater. The cast are superb and in particular Dr Slitter is brought to life vividly.

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