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The Storytellers
The last of seven dramatised short stories
A 40-Year-Old Man by SHUSAKU ENDO dramatised by PENNY LEICESTER from the translation by VAN C. GESSEL
On the eve of his 40th birthday, Suguro, a Catholic, lies in a hospital bed awaiting his third serious operation. Even if he survives, he is not sure that his marriage will.
Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Shusaku Endo
Dramatised By:
Penny Leicester
Translation By:
van C. Gessel
Directed By:
Matthew Walters
Suguro:
Denis Lill
Yoshiko:
Auriol Smith
Young nurse:
Susie Brann
Yasuko:
Janet Spencer Turner
MichiO:
Bernadette Windsor
Young doctor:
Stephen Rashbrook
Yasuko's husband/Doctor:
George Parsons
Priest/anaesthesist:
Garard Green
Old nurse:
Pauline Letts
Source: Radio Times

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