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Drama on 3: Strindberg Double Bill

on BBC Radio 3

Two plays by Swedish polymath August Strindberg.

Playing with Fire
A black comedy of manners.
A young artist visits the seaside home of a wealthy bourgeois family and renews his romantic pursuit of his host's wife. Translated by Eivor Martinus.
Director Peter Kavanagh

The Pelican
After the death of their father, a brother and sister discover disturbing truths about their mother. Translated by Charlotte Barslund .

Contributors

Translated By:
Eivor Martinus.
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Translated By:
Charlotte Barslund
Kerstin:
Fiona Shaw
Knut:
Jonathan Coy
Axel:
Nicholas Bourton
Adele:
Emily Wachter
Father:
Hugh Dickson
Mother:
Susan Jameson
Mother:
Janet McTeer
Margret:
Susan Jameson
Son:
Andrew Garfield
Son-in-Law:
Rory Kinnear
Daughter:
Naomi Frederick
Director:
Steven Canny

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