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The Friday Play: Bodies in Motion and at Rest

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A blackly humorous and moving drama, based on the autobiographical writings of Thomas Lynch , undertaker and award-winning poet. When his father dies on holiday, Tom gathers his travelling kit of embalming supplies and catches the next plane to Florida. As he begins work on his father's body, he looks back on growing up as the son of an undertaker in the small town of Milford, Michigan.
Produced, directed and adapted by Kate McAII

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Lynch
Adapted By:
Kate McAii
Tom Lynch:
Ed Begley Jr
Eddie:
Richard Kind
Tom's father:
Francis Guinan
Tom's mother:
Roxanne Hart
Tom (aged 9):
Forrest Landis
Tom (aged 18):
Michael Weston
Nancy:
Shirley Knight
Russ:
Robert MacHray
LtGilligan:
Jamie Hanes
Source: Radio Times

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