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Saturday Drama: Classic Chandler

Toby Stephens

Sarah Goldberg

Iain Batchelor

Sean Baker

John Guerrasio

Sam Dale

Raymond Chandler

Stephen Wyatt

Sasha Yevtushenko

Claire Grove

Saturday Drama: Classic Chandler: Episode 4: Classic Chandler - Playback

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Episode 4: Classic Chandler - Playback

Classic Chandler

Classic Chandler - Playback

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Marlowe is hired to tail a woman without knowing why.

Marlowe is hired to tail a woman without knowing why, but it seems he is not the only one on the trail. Starring Toby Stephens.

By Raymond Chandler
Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt

Marlowe is hired to tail the mysterious Betty Mayfield all the way to the seaside town of Esmerelda, without knowing why or the identity of his employer. It's not long before he realises that he's not the only one on the trail, and that he too is being watched. Toby Stephens plays Philip Marlowe in a landmark series bringing all of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels to Radio 4.

Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko
Produced by Claire Grove

Stephen Wyatt (dramatist) is a Sony Award Winning Playwright. Recent work for R4 includes dramatising three of the Complete Ripley series including The Talented Mr Ripley for Saturday Afternoon, The Yellow Plush Papers for 11.30am and Tom Jones for Classic Serial. His original play Memorials for the Missing won a Sony Award in 2008.

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Toby Stephens plays Philip Marlowe in a landmark Radio 4 series of Raymond Chandler novels

Toby Stephens plays Philip Marlowe in a landmark series that brings all Raymond Chandler's groundbreaking Philip Marlowe novels to Radio 4

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