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Afternoon Play: 2000 Tales

on BBC Radio 4 FM

As 3am strikes, Nisha, the young waitress at the Four Seasons Services, sees a fight break out. The Politician's Tale
By Kara Miller. Tory MP Mary tells a story of a poor man called Gerard who one day stumbles upon a mysterious stranger who grants his wishes.
The Editor's Tale
By John Mortimer. A wiley old hack tells the story of a theatre critic who ruins an actress's life, not through bad notices, but by praising hertoo highly.
The Good Woman's Tale
By Lin Coghlan. Grainne, overfrom Ireland to pick up the body of her dead daughter, tells the story of Mary, her one-time neighbour. Mary lead a campaign to stop the opening of a halfway house for prisoners in Dublin - until one day she meets one of the ex-cons and her life is changed.
Director Jeremy Mortimer. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Kara Miller.
Unknown:
John Mortimer.
Unknown:
Lin Coghlan.
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer.
Mary:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Geraldine:
Mary Wimbush
JPBarraclough:
David Swift
Editor:
Terence Edmond
Julie:
Suzannah Hamilton
Stage manager:
Andrew Scott
Copytaker:
Tom George
Mary:
Doreen Keogh
Grainne:
Maureen O'Brien
Aiden:
Andrew Scott
Child:
Sophie Walsh

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