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Afternoon Play: Parachutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

By John McGahern , dramatised by Patricia Cobey. After his girlfriend ends their relationship, a man tries to drown his sorrows in the sharp and funny pub world of Dublin in the fifties.
Di rector Pam Brighton

Contributors

Unknown:
John McGahern
Dramatised By:
Patricia Cobey.
Narrator:
Brendan Gleeson
Claire:
Pauline McLynn
Paddy:
Mark Lambert
Eamon:
David Wilmot
Barman:
Paddy Scull)
Woman:
Karen Ardlfl

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