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Afternoon Theatre: Louise and the Puppet Man

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Andrew Rissik

When Louise was ten years of age she befriended Bill Oakes, a puppeteer and one of the last of the great eccentrics. It was a friendship that was to lead to a strange and revengeful death.

Contributors

Writer:
Andrew Rissik
Director:
Gerry Jones
Bill Oakes:
Aubrey Woods
Louise:
Moir Leslie
Peter Williams:
Mark Straker
John Matthews:
Colin Maitland
Louise's mother:
Carole Boyd
Louise's father:
Bernard Brown
Mrs Harris:
Margot Boyd
Linda Lloyd:
Jill Lidstone

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