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Three Chickens

William Stanton - Three Chickens

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29/06/2017

BBC Radio 4 Extra - William Stanton - Three Chickens

A man wants to escape his past on a Brazilian island but painful memories emerge.

A man wants to escape his past on a Brazilian island, but a story of a fisherman stirs up painful memories. Stars Anton Lesser.

On a magic island in Brazil, Englishman William Marlow is seduced by tales of witchcraft. 

In a story about three chickens, he finds uncanny and uncomfortable echoes of a life he thought he had left behind him...

Anton Lesser stars in William Stanton’s drama. 

William    ......    Anton Lesser
Maris    ......    Valerie Braddell 
Nina    ......    Suzanna Hamilton
Andre    ......    David Thorpe
Camilla    ......    Alison Pettitt
White Witch    ......    Richenda Carey 
Fisherman    ......    Terence Edmond
Nurse    ......    Jasmine Hyde

Director: Ned Chaillet

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.

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