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Intensive Care or An Endless Vegetable-Like Existence

BBC Radio 3
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by CHRISTOPH GAIIL translated by ANTHONY VIVIS with jn Its ARD production In German for Hessischer Rundfunk this play won the 1981 Italia Prize for radio drama.
Lorenz, a long-term cancer patient, struggles to die with dignity in the face of ambitious doctors and selfish relatives.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christoph Gaiil
Translated By:
Anthony Vivis
Lorenz:
Hugh Dickson
Hypnos:
John Rowe
Othilde:
Rosalind Adams
Fleurette:
Patience Tomlinson
Severin:
Stephen Thorne
Pavel:
Crawford Logan
Judge:
Alan Dudley
Father:
Ronald Herdman
Chaplain:
John Warner
Directed by:
Horst Vollmer
Source: Radio Times

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