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Terence Rattigan - The Browning Version

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01/09/2017

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Terence Rattigan - The Browning Version

Stars John Gielgud as retiring teacher Andrew Crocker-Harris in a production from 1957.

Retiring teacher Andrew Crocker-Harris is also on the verge of divorce. Where does his future lie? Stars John Gielgud. 

Teacher Andrew Crocker-Harris is on the verge of retirement - and a divorce. But he has a shot at trying to redeem his dignity when a young schoolboy gives him an unexpected parting gift...

Starring Sir John Gielgud and Angela Baddeley, CBE.   

Terence Rattigan’s play was first performed on the London stage in 1948. Adapted by Cynthia Pughe.

Andrew Crocker-Harris    ......    John Gielgud 
Millie Crocker-Harris    ......    Angela Baddeley
Frank Hunter    ......    Brewster Mason 
Taplow    ......    Anthony Adams
Dr Frobisher    ......    Clive Morton
Peter Gilbert    ......    Denis Goacher
Mrs Gilbert    ......    Anne Cullen
Schoolboy    ......    Warren Hearnden

Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, CBE (1911–1977) is remembered as a theatre heavyweight for dramas about the middle and upper-classes, including The Winslow Boy, The Deep Blue Sea and Separate Tables. 

Director: Norman Wright

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in September 1957.

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