Dodie Smith - Dear Octopus
Family tensions as four generations gather to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. Stars Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray.
1938: Charles and Dora Randolph are celebrating their Golden Wedding.
A chance for four generations of the same family to be together 鈥� sparking all the problems and surprises that such a gathering inevitably causes...
Starring Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray.
Dodie Smith's play enjoyed a hugely successful run in the theatre before and during the early years of the Second World War.
Charles Randolph ...... Michael Denison
Dora Randolph ...... Dulcie Gray
Belle ...... Mary Wimbush
Margery ...... Annette Badland
Edna ...... Frances Jeater
Nanny ...... Dora Bryan
Cynthia ...... Penny Downie
Laurel ...... Trevyn McDowell
Hilda ...... Joanna David
Nicholas ...... Nicholas Gecks
Fenny ...... Charlotte Attenborough
Hugh ...... Joshua Towb
Kenneth ...... Michael Tudor Barnes
Bill ...... Mark Burrows
Scrap ...... Sara-Jane Derrick
Flouncy ...... Bernadette Windsor
Gertrude ...... Becky Hindley
Producer: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in April 1995
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- Sat 28 Nov 2015 06:00大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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