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Afternoon Theatre

on BBC Radio 4 FM

in ALEKSEI ARBUZOV 'S
Old World. from the translation by ARIADNE NICOLAEFF adapted by WALTER HALL
An elderly surgeon and a failed circus artist might seem an unlikely couple to fall in love, but this is just what happens. He's in charge of a sanitorium and she's his new patient - and a truly extraordinary patient she turns out to be, with a zany sense of humour and an outsize love of life which nearly drives the poor doctor crazy.
A bitter-sweet sentimental love story by Soviet Russia's only widely respected and nationally performed stage writer.
Directed by DICKON REED . A World Service Drama productions

Contributors

Unknown:
Aleksei Arbuzov
Translation By:
Ariadne Nicolaeff
Adapted By:
Walter Hall
Directed By:
Dickon Reed
She:
Pauline Lettsand
He:
Richard Hurndall

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