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Afternoon Drama: Arabian Afternoons

Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Sirine Saba

Kevork Malikyan

Betsabeh Emran

Sargon Yelda

Trevor White

Bruce Alexander

Nathan Osgood

Rufus Wright

John Biggins

Alison Pettit

Abigail le Fleming

Drama on 4: Arabian Afternoons: Episode 1: The Casper Logue Affair

The Casper Logue Affair

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Episode 1: The Casper Logue Affair

Arabian Afternoons

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By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Diplomat Bob Goldacre loses the businessman he was looking after

By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Diplomat Bob Goldacre has lost sight of an American businessman in Baghdad. Inspired by The Arabian Nights, stars Sirine Saba.

The Casper Logue Affair 
by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

An absurd black comedy thriller, set in Baghdad. The first of three Arabian Afternoons - contemporary plays inspired by tales from The Arabian Nights.

Junior diplomat Bob Goldacre is in trouble: the American businessman he was looking after has vanished from a Baghdad street. As the suspects pile up, Goldacre is going to have his work cut out if he wants to save his career and make sure that justice is done. 

Directed by Abigail le Fleming.

Drama on 4: Arabian Afternoons

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Series of three plays set in Baghdad and inspired by tales from The Arabian Nights

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