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Drama Now: The Bell Jar

BBC Radio 3
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Sylvia Plath's autobiographical novel dramatised for radio by Jehane Markham with Angela Pleasence as Esther.

A bad dream. To the person in the bell Jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream.

Contributors

Book author:
Sylvia Plath
Dramatist:
Jehane Markham
Esther:
Angela Pleasence
[Actor]:
Sean Arnold
[Actor]:
Glenn Beck
[Actress]:
Carole Boyd
[Actor]:
Jack Carr
[Actress]:
Chrissy Iddon
[Actor]:
Pat Stark
Producer:
Jane Graham
Doreen:
Bonnie Hurren
Buddy Willard:
Christopher Muncke
Lenny:
Nigel Anthony
Marco:
John Bull
Jaycee:
Maggie Riley
Mother:
Diana Olsson
Dr Gordon:
Don Fellows
Dr Nolan:
Margaret Robertson
Valerie:
Emily Richard
Joan:
Valerie Colgan
Irwin:
Peter Marinker
Dr Quinn:
Ann Murray
Source: Radio Times

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