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Drama Now: David

on BBC Radio 3

By Tina Pepler.
Based on a true story, this is a traumatic and touching drama of bravery and faith, as a man struggles to recover from extensive brain damage. David is a carpenter. He is happily married with two small children and has a tendency to go sleepwalking. One night in his sleep he breaks a window and severs an artery in his arm. Doctors tell him it will have to be amputated, but his deeply religious wife, Susannah, refuses to give up hope. She makes a bargain with God and the arm is saved. True to Susannah's promise that her husband will be of service to
God, David discovers a kind of faith and becomes a priest -just at the time that Susannah contracts cancer, putting his faith and family under tremendous strain. When she dies,
David attempts to gas himself in his car, inflicting massage brain damage upon himself. The play documents his slow, but extraordinary, recovery, which was made possible only with the help and support of his two small children. with Eric Allen , William Eedle ,
Cornelius Garrett , Andy Hockley and Sunny Ormonde Director Shaun MacLoughlin Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Tina Pepler.
Unknown:
Eric Allen
Unknown:
William Eedle
Unknown:
Cornelius Garrett
Unknown:
Andy Hockley
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
David:
Jack Klaff
Susannah:
Maureen O'Brien
Tom:
Tom Jones-Berney
Jessica:
Jessica Jones-Berney
Alice:
Mary Wimbush
Ruth:
Janet Dale
Mary:
June Barrie
Elizabeth:
Jenny Funnell
The Angel:
Simon Carter

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