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Masterpiece Theatre; By the Sword Divided, Season 1, Episode 7: A Sea of Dangers

Part of The Linda and Andrew Egendorf Masterpiece Theatre Alistair Cooke Collection.

Commentary by Masterpiece Theatre host Alistair Cooke.


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Series
Masterpiece Theatre
Program
By the Sword Divided, Season 1, Episode 7: A Sea of Dangers
Program Number

107

Program Description

"September 1645 ""A Sea of Dangers""

Sir Martin Lacey, head of a Royalist family, is preparing to fortify his castle against an imminent attack by the Parliamentary forces. His military supplies are meager, his food is giving out, his defense force consists of servants, grooms, stewards and one professional soldier, his son, Tom. An informer had told the Roundhead forces about the geography of the castle and the hunger of its defenders. Tom takes charge and plans to steal a cannon from the Roundhead camp.

A BBC/Consolidated production presented on PBS by WGBH, Boston.

Source: Description excerpted from Alistair Cooke script."

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Video

Genres
Drama
Citation
Chicago: “Masterpiece Theatre; By the Sword Divided, Season 1, Episode 7: A Sea of Dangers,” GBH Archives, accessed January 28, 2025, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FE2AE21860CF488A950CD947BBB8B132.
MLA: “Masterpiece Theatre; By the Sword Divided, Season 1, Episode 7: A Sea of Dangers.” GBH Archives. Web. January 28, 2025. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FE2AE21860CF488A950CD947BBB8B132>.
APA: Masterpiece Theatre; By the Sword Divided, Season 1, Episode 7: A Sea of Dangers. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FE2AE21860CF488A950CD947BBB8B132
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