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The Afternoon Play: Country of Afternoon

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by Alison Brackenbury
Long ago in 16th-century Italy, a young girl waits in her castle to see which of her two rival suitors - the youthful Silvano or the aged Paolo - will win her hand. But she herself has other thoughts: yearnings to see for herself the symbol of her fleeting freedom - a unicorn who apparently grazes in her woods....
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Contributors

Writer:
Alison Brackenbury
Directed By:
Brian Miller
Silvano:
Benedick Blythe
Paolo:
David Langton
Father:
Malcolm Farquhar
Stella:
Kim Hartman
Giovanni:
Paul Darrow
Leo:
David Garth
Source: Radio Times

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