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Afternoon Theatre: The Last Recording

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Douglas Slater
with Timothy West as Sir Edward Elgar and Pauline Letts as Lady Elgar.

In 1934 Elgar supervised the last recording of his work from his sickbed in Worcester, by telephone line to the orchestra many miles away in London. A few days after the recording was completed, the composer was dead. This play tells the story of that last recording and looks at incidents in Elgar's earlier life.

Contributors

Writer:
Douglas Slater
Director:
Ian Cotterell
Sir Edward Elgar:
Timothy West
Lady Elgar:
Pauline Letts
Carice Elgar Blake:
Miranda Forbes
Willy Reed:
David Gooderson
August Jaegar:
Nicholas Courtney
Ernest Newman:
John Warner
Fred Gaisberg:
Cyril Shaps

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