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Play of the Week: Fearless Frank

on BBC Two England

or Tit-bits from the Life of an Adventurer by ANDREW DAVIES starring and Susan Penhaligon
A dramatic romp in the company of Frank Harris , 1855-1931, the most infamous man of letters of his day, and author of the scandalous My Life and Loves, banned in this country until 1964.
' The most impossible ruffian on the face of the earth.'
(Bernard Shaw)
' Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses of London ... once.'
(Oscar Wilde)
' The best talker in London.'
(Max Beerbohm)
He is indeed a monster according to all conventional standards, but his monstrosity only offends the shallow people who simply aren't worth propitiating.'
(biographer Hesketh Pearson )
' Sex is the gateway to life.'
(Frank Harris to novelist Enid Bagnold )
.. so I went through the gateway in an upper room at the Cafe Royal.'
(Enid Bagnold)
Music composed by RICHARD HARTLEY DesignerDAVID MYERSCOUGH-JONES Lighting NIGEL WRIGHT Sound CHICK ANTHONY Costume JOHN PEACOCK
Producer LOUIS MARKS
Director colin BUCKSEY Preview: page 21

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Davies
Unknown:
Susan Penhaligon
Unknown:
Frank Harris
Unknown:
Hesketh Pearson
Unknown:
Frank Harris
Unknown:
Enid Bagnold
Composed By:
Richard Hartley
Designer:
David Myerscough-Jones
Frank Harris:
Leonard Rossiter
Secretary:
Susan Penhaligon
Nursemaid:
Donna Evans
Schoolgirl:
Susan Penhaligon
Young man:
Alun Lewis
Headmaster:
William Russell
Actress:
Susan Penhaligon
Jessie:
Susan Penhaligon
Shoe-shine boy:
Donald Waugh
Kendrick:
Alun Lewis
Cowboy:
Hal Galili
Professor Byron Smith:
Denis Lawson
Mrs Mayhew:
Elizabeth Revill
Lily Robins:
Donna Evans
Topsy:
Pepsi Maycock
Kate:
Susan Penhahgon
Waiter:
Albert Shepherd
Thomas Carlyle:
Andrew Downie
Chapman:
William Russell
Laura Clapton:
Katherine Fahy
Mrs Clapton:
Margaret Courtenay
Mr Clapton:
Hal Galili
Lord Folkestone:
William Russell
Tibbets:
Albert Shepherd
Guy de Maupassant:
John Rhys-Davies
Mrs Clayton:
Margaret Courtenay
Butcher's boy:
Keith Jayne
Whistler:
Ben Aris
Oscar Wilde ,:
Philip Sayer
Ernest Dowson:
Denis Lawson
Enid:
Susan Penhaligon
Nellie Harris:
Sylvia Kay

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