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Nick Warburton - Conversation from the Engine Room
Lonely school caretaker Marriott gets visits from lonely pupil Robert. Does innocence bind them? Starring Colin Douglas.
Marriott is a school caretaker. He calls his boiler room the engine room of a ship, with the ship as the school and its cargo - the pupils.
One of them is Robert, a lonely boy, just as Marriott is a lonely man.
But they have something else in common.... could it be innocence?
Nick Warburton鈥檚 school-based drama.
Marriott ...... Colin Douglas
Fox ...... Hugh Dickson
Miss Murdoch ...... Avril Clarke
Robert ...... Roy Merchant.
Recorded with contributions from the Music Teacher and pupils of St Gildas鈥� School in North London.
Director: John Tydeman
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in July 1986.
Last on
Mon 7 Nov 2022
04:00
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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