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Sunday Play: Up against It

on BBC Radio 3

Joe Orton 's unfinished screenplay for the Beatles, written in 1967, adapted for radio by John Fletcher. In this first production of the play, Blur's Damon Albarn provides a musical link to the original Beatles casting. Adrift in a world run by monstrous tweed-suited women, three men decide to start a worldwide revolution to overthrow the matriarchy. Cast in order of appearance:
Other parts played by Allan Mitchell , Edward Halsted and Mark Webb. With thanks to Sir John Gielgud and Joe Dowling. Director John Adams Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Orton
Unknown:
John Fletcher.
Unknown:
Damon Albarn
Played By:
Allan Mitchell
Played By:
Edward Halsted
Played By:
Mark Webb.
Unknown:
Sir John Gielgud
Unknown:
Joe Dowling.
Director:
John Adams
Mayor:
Kenneth Cranham
Christopher Low:
Joseph Fiennes
Narrator:
Leo McKern
Rowena Torrence:
Louise Lombard
Ian McTurk:
Douglas Hodge
Patricia Dromgoole:
Jacinta Mulcahy
Father Brodie:
Mark Lambert
Connie Boon:
Sylvia Syms
Bernard Coates:
David Calder
Prime Minister:
Prunella Scales
Jack Ramsay:
Damon Albarn

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