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Nathaniel Hawthorne - Wakefield

31/03/2010

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Wakefield

A dull middle-aged man temporarily leaves home to spy on his wife to observe what happens.

A dull middle-aged man plots to temporarily leave home and spy on his wife to observe the effect. Stars David Haig. 

A dull middle-aged man whose life has been monotonously ordinary for years, devises a plot to temporarily leave home and observe the effect on his wife from a flat opposite. 

But he stays away much longer than expected - and it becomes more and more difficult for him to return...

Starring David Haig.

Dramatisation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story by Martyn Wade.

Wakefield    ......    David Haig
Hawthorne    ......    John Rowe 
Mrs Wakefield    ......    Richenda Carey 
Mr Lucas Ferris    ......    Jonathan Keeble
Mrs Brand    ......    Jennie Stoller
Doctor    ......    Gordon Reid  

Producer: Cherry Cookson 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001

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