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The Saturday Play: The Rocky Road toWexford

on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Irish music competition scene provides the backdrop for Peter Roberts 's drama about how one woman comes to terms with estrangement from her husband and her agoraphobia. Anna Cassidy was one of the most promising Irish flautists of hergeneration - winning every competition she entered as a junior. Twenty years later-with a grown-up son, a broken marriage and mild agoraphobia - a chance meeting with an old friend leads to her picking up herflute again. She still hasthe gift, and bit by bit she gains the confidence to enter local competitions and an old rivalry is resumed. But will she have the courage toflvto Ireland forthe grand final?
Director Peter Leslie Wild. Music Steve Dunachie and Esther Hayward

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Roberts
Unknown:
Anna Cassidy
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild.
Music:
Steve Dunachie
Music:
Esther Hayward
Anna:
Janet Maw
Bernard:
Peter Meakin
Mike:
Richard Derrington
Brendan:
Jd Kelleher
Jimmy:
John O'Mahoney
Rita:
Caroline Lennon
Eileen:
Maggie McCarthy
Andy:
Thomas Arnold

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