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The Man Who Was Thursday: 1: The Secret of Gabriel Syme

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton, dramatised in four parts by Peter Buckman with the Radio Drama Company
'It was an evening like the end of the world. The sky was full of - feathers.'
And so begins Gabriel Syme's adventures with the Supreme Council of Anarchists, a body determined to destroy the world.
(Stereo)
'Hear This' page 37 and Woddis On: page 105

Contributors

Author:
G. K. Chesterton
Dramatised by:
Peter Buckman
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Gabriel Syme:
Michael Hadley
Rosamond:
Natasha Pyne
Sunday:
John Church
Monday (Secretary):
Richard Durden
Tuesday (Gogol):
Shaun Prendergast
Wednesday (Marquis de St. Eustache):
Edward De Souza
Friday (Professor de Worms):
Ronald Herdman
Saturday (Dr Bull):
Andrew Branch
Lucian Gregory:
George Parsons
Buttons:
Gordon Reid
Policeman:
Francis Middleditch
Witherspoon:
Peter Howell

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