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Afternoon Play: The Gorey Details

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Philip Glassborow presents this dramatised feature, starring David Suchet, about the American author and illustrator Edward Gorey, who created a cosily sinister world that was as unconventional as his own life.
With Suchet as Edward Gorey and comment from Andreas Brown, Alison Lurie, Katherine Kellgren, Frank Langella and Steven Appleby, and additional contributions from Ogdred Weary, Miss D. Awdrey Gore and Wardore Edgy.

Contributors

Director:
Beaty Rubens
Presenter:
Philip Glassborow
Edward Gorey:
David Suchet
Interviewee:
Andreas Brown
Interviewee:
Alison Lurie
Interviewee:
Frank Langella
Interviewee:
Steven Appleby
Interviewee:
Katherine Kellgren
Source: Radio Times

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