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The Tragic Muse

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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A comedy by James Bridie

Scene: A Glasgow boarding-house

This short one-act play brings to listeners the art of James Bridie in his lightest and most farcical vein. The Tragic Muse is a brilliant piece of nonsense treated in a slightly impressionistic manner. This is its first broadcast performance in the Home Service, although it was included in a recent 'Scottish Omnibus' programme for Overseas.

Contributors

Author:
James Bridie
Producer:
John Gough
Mimi, a dance hostess:
Molly Weir
Oswald, a medical student:
R.E. Kingsley
Ted, a 'commercial':
Caven Watson
Mrs Lafferty, the landlady:
Meg Buchanan
Miss Lusk a journalist:
Nan Scott
Mr Cavanagh, another lodger:
Ted Cassidy
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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