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Afternoon Play: The Road to Lichfield

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A vivid depiction of thejoys and sorrows of infidelity, dramatised from Penelope Lively 's first novel by Jill Hyem. Anne has never been forced to examine how happy her marriage really is, until herfather becomes ill and she begins a series of visits to Lichfield, where she meets someone she has far more in common with than her kind hut dull husband. Director Cherry Cookson

Contributors

Novel:
Penelope Lively
Writer:
Jill Hyem
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Anne:
Kate Buffery
David:
David Troughton
Don:
Sean Baker
Graham:
Gerard McDermott
Shirley:
Paula Jacobs
James:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Judy:
Helen Longworth
Source: Radio Times

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