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Caroline鈥檚 husband has disappeared and taken his model guillotine with him. Now she has turned her attentions to Kier Starmer who she thinks is like a hero from a Romantic novel.

Caroline (Rebecca Saire) is mildy relieved that her husband has finally quite the house for good. But though motivational and dietary blog is going well she is feeling a gap in her life; a gap which she feels might be filled by the romantically named Sir Kier Starmer QC.

Frances Tomelty ..... Martha
Rebecca Saire ..... Caroline

Written by ..... Shelagh Stephenson
Produced & Directed by ..... Eoin O'Callaghan

Shelagh Stephenson is the author of A Short History of Longing, and Guests Are Like Fish, for Radio 4. She is an Olivier award winner for her play The Memory of Water and won Sony and Writer鈥檚 Guild awards with her plays, Darling Peidi and Five Kinds of Silence. Her new play The English will be produced by Hampstead Theatre in 2019.

14 minutes

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  • Wed 4 Sep 2019 10:41
  • Wed 4 Sep 2019 19:45

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