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Talking Heads: Waiting for the Telegram

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on BBC Two England

Dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett, featuring a performance that won the Royal Television Society's best actress award for Thora Hird

Thora Hird plays Violet, a 90-something stroke victim who sometimes has trouble with words, in a solo tour de force that is both humorous and sad.
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Contributors

Writer:
Alan Bennett
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
Stuart Burge
Violet:
Thora Hird
Source: Radio Times

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