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The Afternoon Play: Dear Brutus

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by J.M. Barrie

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."

In a magic wood, on Midsummer's Eve, a second chance is offered to those who believe they have taken the wrong turning in life; some will take the same path, some will have a precious glimpse of what can now never be.
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Contributors

Author:
J.M. Barrie
Original Music:
Richard Attree, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Adapted by/Producer:
Caroline Raphael
Director:
Stuart Owen
J.M. Barrie:
Alec McCowen
Lob:
Michael Bilton
Dearth:
Tom Wilkinson
Alice Dearth:
Joanna McCallum
Margaret:
Sophie Thompson
Purdie:
Paul Shelley
Mabel Purdie:
Susie Brann
Joanna Trout:
Julia Swift
Coade:
Manning Wilson
Mrs Coade:
Gwen Cherrell
Lady Caroline Laney:
Moir Leslie
Matey:
Timothy Bateson
Source: Radio Times

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