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The Friday Play: A Conspiracy at Sevres

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

From Charles Wood , the writer of Iris and The Charge of the Light Brigade, a conspiracy play that uncovers an illicit pact that ignited the Suez crisis, and proposes that prejudice, secrets, plotting and misdirection lay at the heart of Britain's actions in the Middle East.
Producer/Director Steven Canny

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Wood
Director:
Steven Canny
Henry:
Geoffrey Palmer
Teddy:
James Fleet
Eden:
John Standing
Grand Old Man:
Corin Redgrave
Anthony Nutting:
Anthony Calf
Selwyn Lloyd:
Sam Dale
Ben Gurian:
Lee Montague
Dayan:
Harry Towb
Challe:
Sylvester Morand
Gazier:
Philippe de Grossouvre
Clarissa:
Christine Kavanagh
Christian:
Olivier Breuils
French driver:
Olivier Breuils
Young woman:
Bethan Walker
Source: Radio Times

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