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Drama on 3: The Fire Raisers

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

By Max Frisch. Translated by Michael Bullock and adapted by Charles Wood. An intriguing, entertaining and provocative comedy and a classic of the European stage. The Biedermanns are a bourgeois family, paranoid about protecting their home. Yet the homeless, sinister Schmitz manages to hoodwink his way into the house.
Director/Producer Steven Canny

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Frisch.
Translated By:
Michael Bullock
Adapted By:
Charles Wood.
Producer:
Steven Canny
Herr Biedermann:
Jim Broadbent
The Author:
Simon McBurney
Mrs Biedermann:
Harriet Walter
Eisenring:
Phil Daniels
Schmitz:
Ralph Ineson
Anna:
Tamzln Griffin
Source: Radio Times

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