Wife for Life?
Tonight's 2nd House explores in verse, drama, cartoon, documentary and song how our views of wedlock have shifted in recent times from the Victorian belief in a life-long union entailing absolute fidelity and in which sex was primarily for begetting children. The programme will include two short plays.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
A chapter from THOMAS HARDY 'S novel adapted by PETER PRINCE with PEGGY SINCLAIR
IAN BLAIR , THOMAS HEATHCOTE
SHEILA BECKETT , VICTOR LANGLEY TERENCE LODGE , CYRIL CROSS
MICHAEL: I don't see why men who have got wives and don't want 'em shouldn't get rid of 'em like did horses ...'
Comrades
One act from AUGUST STRINDBERG'S play adapted by JEREMY BROOKS
MELANIE PECK
AXEL: What have you done? I'll tell you. Right from the very beginning you lied to me ... right up to the end you've cheated me! ' Also appearing are the poets JAMES SIMMONS , ALAN JACKSON , ROGER MCGOUGH and ADRIAN HENRI , with ELAINE STRITCH reading poems by DOROTHY PARKER , interviews with married couples, with Daily Mirror columnist MARJORIE PROOPS and DR PRUDENCE TUNNADINE of the Institute of Psycho-Sexual Medicine
Designer J ROGER LOWE Drama director BEN REA Producer TONY CASH Editor BILL MORTON