The Old Man

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Daphne Du Maurier

Drama: Classic & Period

Tales from the award-winning novelist Dame Daphne du Maurier - Lady Browning.

Tales from the award-winning novelist Dame Daphne du Maurier -  Lady Browning.

Daphne Du Maurier: The Old Man

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Daphne Du Maurier, The Old Man

Anna Massey reads the classic short story of a family with a tragic secret.

In a ramshackle old place by the lake lives a family with a tragic secret. Read by Anna Massey.

The family shun people. 

He rules the roost, speaks strangely, forever gazing out at sea.

His wife never speaks. 

And one day the children vanish...

Anna Massey reads Daphne Du Maurier’s strange tale.  

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1988.

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