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Afternoon Theatre: The Collector

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by John Fowles adapted for radio by David Parker
with Judi Dench as Miranda and Nigel Anthony as Clegg

Based on the author's well-known novel, the play is concerned with the obsessional behaviour of a young man who has been an office clerk. He wins a fortune on the Pools and turns from his hobby of collecting butterflies to collecting a girl art student.

(First broadcast in 1972)
(long wave only)

Contributors

Author:
Jonn Fowles
Adapted by:
David Parker
Director:
Richard Wortley
Miranda:
Judi Dench
Clegg:
Nigel Anthony
[Actor]:
Douglas Blackwell
[Actor]:
Martin Friend
[Actress]:
Jane Knowles
[Actor]:
John Rowe
Source: Radio Times

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