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Intensive Care or An Endless Vegetable-Like Existence

BBC Radio 3
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by CHRISTOPH GAHL translated by ANTHONY VIVIS
In its ARD production in German for Hessischer Rundfunk, this play won the 1981 Prix Italia for radio drama.
Lorenz, a long-term cancer patient, struggles to die with dignity in the face of ambitious doctors and selfish relatives.

Contributors

Author:
Christoph Gahl
Translated By:
Anthony Vivis
Director:
Horst Vollmer
Lorenz:
Hugh Dickson
Hypnos:
John Rowe
Nurse Eve:
Jean Trend
Othilde:
Rosalind Adams
Fleurette:
Patience Tomlinson
Severin:
Stephen Thorne
Pavel:
Crawford Logan
Judge:
Alan Dudley
Father:
Ronald Herdman
Chaplain:
John Warner
Source: Radio Times

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