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The Saturday Play. Quartermaine Terms

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This funny and moving play by Simon Gray is set in a RT CHOICE school for teaching English to foreigners in the 1960s. It deals with the concerns of seven teachers over several years and in particular the progress of Quartermaine, a lonely man and an ineffective teacher. whose life, lived vicariously in the confines of a staff room, is dwindling away. Starring Michael Palin. Producer Catherine Bailey ; Director Maria AitKen

Contributors

Play By:
Simon Gray
Unknown:
Michael Palin.
Producer:
Catherine Bailey
Director:
Maria Aitken
Quartermaine:
Michael Palin
Anita:
Francesca Faridany
Mark:
James Fleet
Eddie:
Clive Francis
Derek:
Andrew Lincoln
Henry:
David Yelland
Melanie:
Harriet Walter
Source: Radio Times

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