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The Afternoon Play

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The Fairy-feller's Master-stroke by MICK MANGAN
1843: Richard Dadd killed his father, believing him to be the devil. 1986: a young girl, unsure of her feelings towards her own father whose intense relationship is beginning to distress her, becomes increasingly obsessed with Dadd and his fairy pictures.
Directed by CAROLINE RAPHAEL Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Mick Mangan
Unknown:
Richard Dadd
Directed By:
Caroline Raphael
the artist, Richard Dadd:
Patrick Troughton
Judith Anderson:
Sara Mair-Thomas
Mrs Anderson:
Vicky Ireland
Alison:
Karen Ascoe
Art teacher:
Natasha Pyne
Mr Marshall:
Stuart Organ
Mr Anderson:
Geoffrey Beevers
Schoolboy:
James Goode
Source: Radio Times

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