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The Saturday Play: The Summer of a Dormouse

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By John Mortimer. An elderly man stands in the darkening garden of a vicarage by the sea and looks back on a life which seems to have passed as swiftly as Lord Byron's dormouse summer. With Joanna David. Joe Roberts. Oliver Ford Davies. Gemma Jones. John Rowe and David Allister. With the Willie Brown Uni Band and accordionist Kevin Street. Director Marilyn Imrie
John Mortimer 's Questionnaire: p23

Contributors

Writer:
John Mortimer
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
The elder Henry Troutbeck Pottinger:
Paul Scofield
The younger Troutbeck Henry Pottinger:
Alex Jennings
Mavis:
Imelda Staunton
[Actress]:
Joanna David
[Actor]:
Joe Roberts
[Actor]:
Oliver Ford
[Actor]:
John Rowe
[Actor]:
David Allister
Source: Radio Times

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