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Woman in Mind (December Bee)
bookshelves: published-1986, mental-health, winter-20132014, radio-4, play-dramatisation, fradio
Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners
Read from January 10 to 12, 2014
R4 Sat 11/1/2014BBC description: Alan Ayckbourn's powerful tragi-comedy about a woman's mental breakdown, starring Lesley Sharp, Ben Miles, Owen Teale and Malcolm Sinclair.
Susan is a middle-aged woman, trapped in a loveless marriage to a smug vicar, and estranged from her son. After a minor accident with a garden rake, her mind starts to conjure up the perfect fantasy family. But the line between imagination and reality soon becomes alarmingly blurred.
Susan.....Lesley Sharp
Dr Bill Windsor.....Ben Miles
Rev. Gerald Gannet.....Malcolm Sinclair
Muriel.....Carolyn Pickles
Andy.....Owen Teale
Lucy.....Emily Beecham
Tony.....John Norton
Rick.....Harry Jardine
Directed by Emma Harding.
How many stories contain an Edward Casaubon charcter? I see this dry pedent all over the place.
Sad tale this, one I couldn't snigger at because I have known two people along my life's path that have descended into similar distressing states.
Sad, yet masterfully executed.
3.5*
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