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Performance: The Shadow of a Gunman

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The series of classic dramas returns with Sean O'Casey's famous play, in a production starring Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Rea.
A dreaming poet is mistaken by a romantic young girl for an IRA gunman on the run. See today's choices.
Stereo Subtitled. See This Week: page 7

Contributors

Author:
Sean O'Casey
Producer:
Robert Cooper
Producer:
Simon Curtis
Director:
Nye Heron
Donal Davoren:
Kenneth Branagh
Seumas Shields:
Stephen Rea
Minnie Powell:
Bronagh Gallagher
Mrs Grigson:
Ruth McCabe
Mr Maguire:
Owen O'Neill
The Landlord:
James Ellis
Tommy Owens:
Paul Ronan
Mrs Henderson:
Britta Smith
Mr Gallogher:
David Carey
Adolphus Grigson:
John Kavanagh
Black and Tan:
Ben Walden
Source: Radio Times

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