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The Monday Play: Constant Hot Water

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by William Fox
with Jeremy Irons, Anna Massey, Charles Gray, Madeline Smith and James Villiers
The third in a sequence of plays concerning the fortunes and misfortunes of the young subaltern Charles Willoughby. From King Farouk's Egypt he is posted to Italy and after the peace is painfully involved in the re-settlement of refugees. Chastened by his experiences, he returns to postwar England and a section of society that closes its eyes to any form of change. Events that may seem funny on the surface have a different effect upon the thinking man - and ex-actor Willoughby has learnt to think.

Contributors

Writer:
William Fox
Director:
John Tydeman
Charles Willoughby:
Jeremy Irons
Charity Rainham:
Anna Massey
James Brady:
James Villiers
Clarissa Grey:
Madeline Smith
Uncle Willie:
Charles Gray
Claudia:
Rita Giovannini
The Marquesa:
Margaret Ward
Harold:
Philip Voss
Belle:
June Tobin
Reuben:
Leonard Fenton
Col Bumford:
William Fox
Warrant Officer Benson:
Manning Wilson
Ex BBC Announcer:
Alvar Lidell
Other parts played by:
Peter Baldwin
Other parts played by:
John Bull
Other parts played by:
Gordon Dulieu
Other parts played by:
Eva Stuart
Source: Radio Times

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