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Gary Bleasdale A Song For Edmond Shakespeare

Afternoon Play: A Song for Edmond Shakespeare Fri 7th Jan 2005, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM London, 1607: a penniless actor rushes drunkenly through the streets lamenting that his life is a failure. A failure made more painful because he is the youngest brother of the rather more successful William Shakespeare.   By Gary Bleasdale. Director Steven Canny   Edmond: Paul Rhys Anne: Helen Longworth Ben: Stuart McLoughlin Christopher: Stephen Hoqan Alice: Cherry Morris Crooke: Nigel Barrett Thomas: Robert Hastie Rosetta: Emily Wachter Gatekeeper: Hugh Dickson

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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060623 A Song for Edmond Shakespeare

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