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The Saturday Play: Wakefield

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Martyn Wade's dramatisation of one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most original stories.

A dull middle-aged man whose life has been monotonously ordinary for years, devises a plot to leave home temporarily and observe the effect on his wife from a flat opposite. But he stays away much longer than expected, and it becomes more and more difficult to return.

Contributors

Author:
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dramatised by:
Martyn Wade
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Wakefield:
David Haig
Ferris:
Jonathan Keeble
Hawthorne:
John Rowe
Mrs Brand:
Jennie Stoller
Mrs Wakefield:
Richenda Carey
Dr Elliston:
Gordon Reid
Source: Radio Times

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