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Wednesday Matinee: The Blind Man

on BBC Home Service Basic

by Walter Jens
Translated by Michael Bullock
Adapted for radio by Dennis McEldowney
Other parts played by members of the cast

A man who has just lost his sight is given a box of wooden bricks with which he plays, reconstructing his past life. Through the mediation of the people around him, he finally acquires new faith in himself and in life.

Contributors

Author:
Walter Jens
Translated by:
Michael Bullock
Adapted by:
Dennis McEldowney
Production:
William Glen-Doepel
Heinrich Mittenhaufen:
Peter Howell
Nurse Katharina:
Freda Dowie
Inge Mittenhaufen:
June Tobin
Birgitt Mittenhaufen:
Kathleen Helme
Nurse Annelisa:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Dr Naugebauer:
Philip Cunningham
Moses Matthaus:
Michael Turner
Tram conductor:
Kenneth Dight
Joseph Freiburger:
Hugh Manning

BBC Home Service Basic

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