Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head

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Julian Rhind-Tutt

Victoria Hamilton

Helen Schlesinger

Rhiannon Neads

Iris Murdoch

Stephen Wakelam

Sally Avens

Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head: Episode 2

Episode 2

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Iris Murdoch's witty satire as a group of over-cultivated characters swap partners.

How does Martin now feel about his own mistress, and why does Honor, insist on passing judgement? Stars Helen Schlesinger.

Martin's wife may have left him for his friend and her analyst, Palmer Anderson, but they are determined that they should remain on civilised terms.  

But how does Martin now feel about his own mistress, Georgie, and why does Honor Klein, Palmer's frightening sister, insist on passing judgement on Martin's behaviour?  

Iris Murdoch's witty satire on analysis and amorality dramatised by Stephen Wakelam.

Martin ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Antonia ..... Victoria Hamilton
Honor Klein ..... Helen Schlesinger
Georgie ..... Rhiannon Neads

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015.

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Iris Murdoch's satire on analysis as a group of over-cultivated characters swap partners.

Satire on the sexual shenanigans of an overly cultivated group of characters in thrall to Freudian analysis. Dramatised by Stephen Wakelam.

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