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Afternoon Play: Letter from a Far Country

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Gillian Clarke dramatises her poem in which a housewife fantasises about running away from home - if only she can get the housework done first.

Contributors

Poet/Dramatised by:
Gillian Clarke
Music:
Owain Clarke
Flautist:
Paula Gardiner
Producer/Director:
Alison Hindell
Sian:
Sharon Morgan
Mamgu:
Margaret John
Mary:
Cler Stephens
Mam:
Christine Pritchard
The man:
William Thomas
The children:
Isabel Lewis
The children:
Christopher Lewis
Source: Radio Times

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