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Sunday Playhouse: The Words Are Strange

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Tom is a radical teacher in a reactionary school, where the entrepreneurial spirit would consign poetry to the dustbin. Written by Robin Glendinning.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Robin Glendinning.
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Tom Fairfax:
John Hewitt
Principal:
TP McKenna
Sally Fairfax:
Eleanor Methven
Alison:
Heather McIlwaine
Jonathon:
Damian O'Hare
Gary:
Mark Lamb
Vice Principal:
John Keyes
Jim:
Wesley Murphy
Arthur:
Anthony Finigan
Stuart:
BJ Hogg
SirRichard:
Patrick Duncan
Black:
Robert Taylor
Ursula:
Galina Tanney
Schoolboy:
Mark Phelan
Schoolgirl:
Helen Nelson
Source: Radio Times

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