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John Mortimer - Mr Luby's Fear of Heaven

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20/01/2006

BBC Radio 4 Extra - John Mortimer - Mr Luby's Fear of Heaven

When Lewis is confronted by visions of the Almighty, he wonders if he's in the wrong place

When Lewis Luby is confronted by visions of the Almighty, he wonders if he's in the wrong place. Stars Sir John Gielgud. From February 1976.

Lewis Luby - lecturer and authority on the poet, Lord Byron - is at one moment enjoying British Council sherry on the balcony of an Italian palazzo and the next moment he's somewhere entirely different... 

John Mortimer's play for radio stars John Gielgud as Lewis Luby, Peter Woodthorpe as Tommy Fletcher, Leslie Heritage as the English Guide, Hana-Maria Pravda as Sophie Luby, Robert Rietty as Dr Benjamini, Madi Hedd as Miss Waterlow, Deborah Paige as Jennifer, Gigi Gatti as the Nun, Norma Ronald as English Mother, Michael Shannon as English Father, Gilles Dattas as French Guide, Michael Wolf as German Guide, Yasuko Nagazumi as Japanese Guide and Leonardo Pierroni as Italian Guide.

Producer: John Tydeman 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1976.

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