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15 Minute Drama: HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki

Alison Crawford

15 Minute Drama: HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki: Episode 1: Tobermory

Beasts on the Lawn: Saki 2011

Episode 1

Episode 1: Tobermory

HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki

Tobermory

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki, Tobermory

A barrister couple seek help when a dinner party demonstration goes horribly wrong.

4 Extra Debut. A barrister couple seek help from Clovis when a demonstration at a dinner party goes horribly wrong. Stars Pippa Haywood.

Beasts on the Lawn: Saki 2011
Original stories by Saki (H.H Munro)
Adapted by Sean Grundy

Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short stories by Saki (H.H Munro) recycled and restaged in a modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their own good. The tales are woven together by the character of Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange days and long nights. 

Episode One - Tobermory

Barrister couple Lady Jane and Jean-Michel Blemley hold a dinner party for some of their rich clients. One of their guests, eccentric scientist Cornelius Appin, claims that he has been experimenting with animal behaviour techniques and can teach them to communicate. When he demonstrates on the Blemley's cat, Tobermory, the couple find they have a problem on their hands and seek assistance from security guard Clovis.

Cast:

Clovis.............................Pippa Haywood
Tobermory......................Nick Mohammed
Cornelius Appin....................Alan Coveney
Lady Jane Blemley....................Dolly Wells
Jean-Michel Blemley...................Ed Weeks
Agnes Resker.............Jennifer Lee Jellicorse
Odo Finsberry.......................David Collins
Bertie Van Than....................Paul Dodgson

Director: Alison Crawford.

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Edwardian short stories by Saki (HH Munro) restaged in a modern-day gated community

Edwardian short stories by Saki (HH Munro) restaged in a modern-day gated community. Adapted by Sean Grundy

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