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The Afternoon Play: The Red Story

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Hattie Naylor's deliciously dark version of the fairy tale The Red Shoes. The glistening red shoes were made at night, cursed by a candle, touched by sulphur and placed in the shop window by morning light. They tempted a lonely child, a begging thing, into a very unwise purchase.

Contributors

Writer:
Hattie Naylor
Director:
Celia de Wolff.
Music:
Polly Hewett
Narrator:
Roddy Maude-Roxpy
Red girl:
Joanna Froggatt
Old woman:
Sarah Badel
Coachman:
Gavin Muir
Shoemaker:
Brian Parr
Chorus:
Rachel Atkins
Chorus:
Judy Flynn
Chorus:
Lee Lyford
Chorus:
Martin Parr

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