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Afternoon Play: The Summer Book

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by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal. A grandmother spends her last summer with her granddaughter on an island in the Gulf of Finland.

Contributors

Author:
Tove Jansson
Translated by:
Thomas Teal
Dramatised by:
Catherine Czerkawska
Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Grandmother:
Phyllida Law
Grown-up granddaughter:
Sophie Thompson
Young grandchild:
Victoria O'Donnell
Source: Radio Times

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