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Drama on 3: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

By Peter Nichols.
Written in 1967, Joe Egg is a ground-breaking play that has lost none of its capacity to disconcert. A brilliant, heartbreaking and comic drama about a couple's relationship as parents of a profoundly mentally disabled child, it is a modern classic.
Adapted by Pauline Harris.

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Contributors

Author:
Peter Nichols
Adapted by/Director/Producer:
Pauline Harris
Brian:
Christopher Eccleston
Sheila:
Kaye Wragg
Joe:
Chloe Pabst-Bohan
Pam:
Julia Rounthwaite
Freddie:
Michael Maloney
Grace:
Lynda Baron
Source: Radio Times

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