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The Secret Grief

20/03/2011

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David Eldridge's play in which a young man take up with a couple of mysterious strangers.

Play by David Eldridge. Nigel is bored. But then he meets the glamorous Liv and Tony and becomes part of their beautiful world - one that hides a disturbing secret.

by David Eldridge

Nigel is bored. But then he 
meets the glamorous Liv and Tony and becomes
part of their beautiful world; a beauty that hides a disturbing secret.

Nigel ..... Paul Chequer
Liv ..... Frances Barber
Tony ..... David Schofield
Roger ..... Struan Rodger
Kelly ..... Alex Tregear
Igor ..... Stuart McLoughlin
Stowaway ..... Nyasha Hatendi



David Eldridge is one of Britain's most exciting playwrights. His adaptations of 'Festen' and 'The Wild Duck' won huge acclaim and his original writing includes 'Under The Blue Sky' and 'Market Boy'. His new play 'The Knot of The Heart' is currently playing at The Almeida. In this commission for Radio 3 he explores the idea of a fascism of the mind.

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