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Table by the Window

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Rattigan’s vital portrait of post-war Britain stars Shaun Dooley and Naomi Frederick

The first of Terence Rattigan’s famous linked plays about repression and refuge in a run-down hotel. Starring Shaun Dooley, Naomi Frederick and Nathalie Armin.

Separate Tables is a vital portrait of post-war Britain in flux. Here, in a small, shabby hotel in Bournemouth, a brutal clash of generations is playing out. Beneath a veneer of respectability lies a modern world of desire, deception and violence. 

Separate Tables comprises two linked one-act plays: Table By The Window and Table Number Seven. In this play, Table By The Window, Anne arrives from London, and she and her ex-husband John must confront their painful past.

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John Malcolm ..... Shaun Dooley
Anne Shankland ..... Naomi Frederick
Miss Cooper ..... Nathalie Armin
Mrs Railton-Bell ..... Susan Brown
Lady Matheson ..... Ruth Everett
Mabel ..... Alexandra Hannant
Charles ..... Matthew Durkan
Jean ..... Marilyn Nnadebe
Miss Meacham ..... Rebecca Crankshaw
Mr Fowler ..... Neil McCaul

Written by Terence Rattigan
Directed by Anne Isger
Sound by Keith Graham, Mike Etherden, Ali Craig, Anne Bunting
Production Co-ordination by Gaelan Connolly and Clare Ewing
A BBC Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

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Terence Rattigan's famous linked plays about repression and refuge in a run-down hotel.

Terence Rattigan's pair of one-act plays is a vital portrait of post-war Britain in flux. In a small, shabby hotel in Bournemouth, a brutal clash of generations is playing out.

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