Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head

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Julian Rhind-Tutt

Victoria Hamilton

Matthew Marsh

Sam Dale

Iris Murdoch

Stephen Wakelam

Sally Avens

Iris Murdoch: A Severed Head: Episode 4

Episode 4

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Iris Murdoch's witty satire on analysis as an over-cultivated set swap partners

Martin is enthralled by Honor, but is he entering a world that would leave modern-day society outraged? Stars Victoria Hamilton.

As Martin finds himself evermore enthralled by the Goddess like qualities of Honor Klein, he finds himself entering a world that seems almost mythological in its practices and would leave modern day society outraged.

Iris Murdoch's witty and wise story dramatised by Stephen Wakelam.

Martin ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Antonia ..... Victoria Hamilton
Palmer Anderson ..... Matthew Marsh
Alexander ..... Sam Dale

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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