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Tom Stoppard - The Dog It Was That Died

Drama: Psychological

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Rupert is a spy, a counter-spy and a counter-counter-spy. No wonder he's suicidal.

Rupert is a spy, a counter-spy and a counter-counter-spy. No wonder he's suicidal. Stars Dinsdale Landen and Penelope Keith.

Rupert Purvis is a spy. He is also a counter-spy and even a counter-counter-spy.  When, confused as to who his real masters are and why, he cracks and writes a suicide note making wild allegations about his colleagues and superiors, there has to be an investigation. The truths revealed are stranger than any fiction. 

This play was specially commissioned as part of the BBC's 60th anniversary celebrations.

CAST:
Rupert Purvis .... Dinsdale Landen
Giles Blair ... Charles Gray
Pamela Blair ... Penelope Keith
Hogben ... Kenneth Cranham
Seddon ... John Le Mesurier
Arlon .... Stephen Murray
Matron .... Betty Marsden
Chief .... Maurice Denham
Vicar .... Noel Howlett
Wren ... Lockwood West
Slack .... Peter Tuddenham
Mrs Ryan ... Katherine Parr

Director John Tydeman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in December 1982.

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