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The Afternoon Play: The Storytellers: Letter from an Unknown Woman

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by Stefan Zweig adapted by Elizabeth Troop
The sixth of seven dramatised short stories
with Janet Maw as Sophie as a woman, John Castle as 'R', and Deborah Makepeace as Sophie as a girl

'R' is a successful novelist. He has wealth, fame and any woman he desires. Nineteenth-century Vienna is at his feet. He even has a mysterious admirer who regularly sends him white roses on his birthday. Then, one year, the roses don't appear...
(Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
Stefan Zweig
Adapted by:
Elizabeth Troop
Director:
Richard Wortley
Sophie as a woman:
Janet Maw
'R':
John Castle
Sophie as a girl:
Deborah Makepeace
Sophie as a child:
Annabelle Lanyon
Kraus:
Andrew Branch
Schnitzler:
David Learner
Otto:
Stephen Rashbrook
John:
Manning Wilson
Mother:
Jennifer Piercey
Mitzi:
Susie Brann
Source: Radio Times

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